Fifty consecutive free flaps in a new microsurgical unit

Fifty free flap operations in 49 patients were performed in Oulu University Central Hospital during a three year period. The patients' ages ranged from 15 to 83 years; mean 41 years. The indication for the operation was malignant tumor in 19 cases, benign tumor in one case, trauma in 28 cases a...

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Published inMicrosurgery Vol. 15; no. 2; p. 150
Main Authors Waris, T H, Kaarela, O I, Teerikangas, H E, Raatikainen, T K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 1994
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bone Transplantation - methods
Cause of Death
Female
Finland - epidemiology
Forearm - surgery
Graft Survival
Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery
Humans
Male
Microsurgery - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Muscles - transplantation
Radius
Surgery Department, Hospital - statistics & numerical data
Surgical Flaps - statistics & numerical data
Survival Rate
Wounds and Injuries - surgery
Finland
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Summary:Fifty free flap operations in 49 patients were performed in Oulu University Central Hospital during a three year period. The patients' ages ranged from 15 to 83 years; mean 41 years. The indication for the operation was malignant tumor in 19 cases, benign tumor in one case, trauma in 28 cases and congenital anomaly in 2 cases. The radial forearm flap was used in 36 cases; latissimus dorsi in 7 cases; lateral arm, rectus abdominis, and fibula in two cases; and second toe in one case. Forty-nine of the fifty flaps were successful (98%); two venous thromboses were successfully revised. Starting microsurgery in a new unit is demanding but also rewarding due to the good results.
ISSN:0738-1085
DOI:10.1002/micr.1920150212