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A Modified Heterotopic Swine Hind Limb Transplant Model for Translational Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Research
Published on: October 14, 2013
Amputation stump salvage using a "banked" free-tissue transfer
J F Jennings1, R X Murphy, M A Chernofsky
1Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, Allentown, PA 18103.
Annals of Plastic Surgery
|October 11, 1991
Abstract:
A free radical forearm flap was salvaged from a nonreplantable amputated extremity and banked on the ipsilateral chest wall. Later, the flap was simply rotated to provide coverage of the proximal humeral stump, eliminating the need for a second microvascular procedure.
