Kojima Tsubasa, Motomura Hisashi, Nochi Deguchi Ayaka, Maeda Shusaku, Kang Songsu
From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2024 Oct 11;12(10):e6199. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000006199. eCollection 2024 Oct.
There are many situations in head and neck reconstruction where a pedicled flap must be chosen over free flaps. In such situations, one of our options is a pedicled latissimus dorsi (LD) myocutaneous flap with distally positioned skin paddle with a more distal skin flap design.
We performed 22 reconstruction cases using a distally positioned pedicled LD myocutaneous flap. When designing the skin paddle more distally than usual, it is important to include the lateral cutaneous branch of the 10th posterior intercostal artery. By splitting the skin paddle sections, the LD flap is flexible for use in complex head and neck defects. It can also be used for mandibular reconstruction by harvesting the flap with costal bone.
In all cases, the skin flaps survived, with a salvage rate of 100%.
Because elevation of this flap is relatively easy, safe, and quick, this flap selection is considered practical in salvage cases after flap necrosis, and in cases after multiple procedures.
在头颈部重建中,有许多情况必须选择带蒂皮瓣而非游离皮瓣。在这种情况下,我们的选择之一是带蒂背阔肌(LD)肌皮瓣,其皮瓣位于远端,采用更远端的皮瓣设计。
我们使用远端带蒂的LD肌皮瓣进行了22例重建手术。当将皮瓣设计得比平时更靠远端时,纳入第10肋间后动脉的外侧皮支很重要。通过将皮瓣部分分开,LD皮瓣可灵活用于复杂的头颈部缺损。它还可通过切取带肋骨的皮瓣用于下颌骨重建。
所有病例中,皮瓣均存活,挽救率为100%。
由于该皮瓣的掀起相对容易、安全且快速,因此在皮瓣坏死的挽救病例以及多次手术后的病例中,这种皮瓣选择被认为是实用的。