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Technique of Subnormothermic Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion for the Storage, Assessment, and Repair of Marginal Liver Grafts
Published on: August 13, 2014
[Does tissue perfusion after free microvascular tissue transplantation stay autonomous?]
H G Machens1, P Mailänder, P Brenner
1Klinik für Plastische, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
Abstract:
In a prospective study including 60 patients after free latissimus dorsi transfer (FLDT) to the lower leg, we found persistence of pedicle blood flow up to 10 years postoperatively. After uncomplicated FLDT the pedicle supported the flap in all cases, whereas after complicated FLDT (hematoma, thrombosis, infection) we found only 50% of all flaps autonomously perfused by the vascular pedicle.

