MICROVASCULAR FREE-FLAP SALVAGE OF THE DIABETIC FOOT - A 5-YEAR EXPERIENCE

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作者
KARP, NS
KASABIAN, AK
SIEBERT, JW
EIDELMAN, Y
COLEN, S
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[1] Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10016
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10.1097/00006534-199411000-00013
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R61 [外科手术学];
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摘要
This study reviews 21 microvascular free flaps to the diabetic foot in 19 patients over a 65-month period. All flaps were either to the plantar surface of the foot or to cover exposed Achilles tendon. Twenty of the flaps survived. The operations required a long, costly hospitalization with frequent recipient- and donor-site complications. Ah patients eventually ambulated on their flaps. Five patients came to proximal amputation from 6 to 37 months after surgery. Only one amputation was for flap breakdown.
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