Clinical and Anatomical Study of Cervicopectoral Superthin Flaps

Abstract

Various types of cervicopectoral superthin flaps can be harvested for the reconstruction of contoured sensitive areas. If a much larger than average flap is designed, the pectoral intercostal artery can be attached to the flap for microvascular augmentation.

Anatomical and Clinical Studies of the Supraclavicular Flap: Analysis of 103 Flaps Used to Reconstruct Neck Scar Contractures

“…The necks of these patients can be constructed with a wide range of surgical techniques, including not only conventional pedicled skin flaps and free flaps but also perforator flaps, 1,2 supercharged flaps, 3,4 preexpanded flaps, 5,6 chimeric flaps, 7,8 and "superthin" flaps. 9,10 Of the various flap techniques that are available, the supraclavicular flap is excellent in terms of its match with the color and texture of the recipient area and the simplicity of the operative procedure. The supraclavicular flap was reported for the first time in 1979 by Lamberty,11 after which Pallua and Machens 12 reported in 1997 that they had used this flap successfully in eight cases of neck contracture reconstruction.…”

Supraclavicular Artery Island Flap: Relation Between Length and Distal End Necrosis

“…Anatomical studies supporting its use have been performed [21][22][23]. The sensate [24], the pre-expanded [13,25,26], the delayed [8,27], the prefabricated [27], the superthin [13,28], the folded [29,30], and the bilobed versions [30][31][32] of supraclavicular flap have also been developed.…”

An anatomical study with clinical application of one branch of the supraclavicular artery

“…The CP flap uses the perforator of the superficial branch of the transverse cervical artery as it leaves the occipital triangle (Chin et al, 2005;Vinh et al, 2007b). The origin of the superficial branch of the transverse cervical artery was 3 to 4 cm dorsal from the origin of the supraclavicular artery (Zheng et al, 2006).…”