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Title: | Keystone island flap: effects of islanding on vascularity. |
Epworth Authors: | Lo, Cheng Hean |
Other Authors: | Nottle, Tim Mills, John |
Keywords: | Surgical Flaps Flaps, Surgical Island Flaps Venules Arterioles Vascularity Microvascular Variables Red Dot Sign Hyperemic Flare Behan Department of Surgery, Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
Issue Date: | Mar-2016 |
Publisher: | Wolters Kluwer |
Citation: | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open. 2016 Feb; 4(2): e617. |
Abstract: | Based on his clinical observations the “red dot sign” and hyperemic flare, Behan has advocated the superior vascularity of the island flap design for at least 2 decades. The aim of this study was to determine whether (1) surgical islanding of a flap alters the vascularity or blood supply of the flap and (2) these changes in blood supply explain Behan’s clinical observations of “red dot sign” and hyperemic flare. Methods: Patients undergoing local island fasciocutaneous flaps or anterolateral thigh fasciocutaneous free flaps were recruited for this trial from a single institution over a 10-month period (September 2013 to July 2014). Three adjacent specimens of skin and subcutaneous fat (control, non-island, and island) were harvested from each patient at various stages of their surgery for histological assessment. A pathologist reviewed randomized specimens for microvascular variables, including arteriole wall thickness, arteriole diameter, venule wall thickness, and venule diameter. Results: Thirteen patients (with 14 sets of specimen) were recruited for this study. When compared with the control state, both arteriole diameter and venule diameter in island flaps were significantly increased. Conclusions: These results validate Behan’s clinical observations of “red dot sign” and hyperemic flare. Further studies are required to directly compare island and non-island flap designs. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11434/664 |
DOI: | 10.1097/GOX.0000000000000607 |
URL: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4778888/pdf/gox-4-e617.pdf |
PubMed URL: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27014546 |
ISSN: | 2169-7574 |
Journal Title: | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. |
Type: | Journal Article |
Affiliated Organisations: | Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Victorian Adult Burns Service, Alfred Hospital, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. TissuPath Specialist Pathology, Mount Waverley, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Faculty of Medicine, Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Comparative Study |
Appears in Collections: | UroRenal, Vascular |
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