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Why, when and how propeller perforator flaps in reconstructive surgery.

Alexandru Valentin Georgescu1, Ileana Rodica Matei1, Marko Bumbasirevic2

  • 1Department of Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery, University of Medicine Iuliu Hatieganu Cluj Napoca, Romania; Clinic of Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Clinical Hospital of Recovery, Cluj Napoca, Romania.

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Propeller perforator flaps offer advantages like no microvascular anastomoses and faster rehabilitation, potentially reducing free flap use. Complication rates are comparable to other methods.

Area of Science:

  • Plastic Surgery
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  • Propeller perforator flaps are a reconstructive technique.
  • Free perforator flaps are a common alternative.

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  • To evaluate the outcomes of propeller perforator flaps used throughout the body.
  • To compare their advantages and disadvantages against free perforator flaps.

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  • Study included patients requiring propeller perforator flaps.
  • Preoperative Doppler examination was performed for trunk and thigh flaps.
  • Evaluated technical aspects, indications, advantages, disadvantages, and complications.

Main Results:

  • Achieved very good results in approximately 70% of cases.
Keywords:
Microsurgical non-microvascular flapsPropeller perforator flapsTissue defects

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  • Complications were managed with spontaneous resolution or skin grafting.

    • Conclusions:

    • Propeller perforator flaps offer advantages such as avoiding microvascular anastomoses and enabling faster rehabilitation.
    • They can reduce the need for free flaps in selected cases.
    • Complication rates are not higher than other methods, with perforator proximity to the defect being a potential disadvantage.