Free flap with reversed arterial flow in the leg: case report
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In situ Transverse Rectus Abdominis Myocutaneous Flap: A Rat Model of Myocutaneous Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Published on: June 8, 2013
J L Haddad1, A Gomez Otero, H López
1Plastic Surgery Service, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
A case of distal-third reconstruction of a leg with bone exposure is reported. A rectus abdominis muscle free flap, based on the inferior epigastric artery, was anastomosed to the distal stump of the anterior tibial artery with reversed flow. This technique is suggested as an option for microvascular reconstruction in the distal third of the leg. Anatomic and physiologic details are discussed.

