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Management of Grafts and Flaps Handout - 2
Management of Grafts and Flaps Handout - 2
Disclosures
Acute
Physical
Therapy
Management
The
presenters
have
no
conflicts
of
interest.
of
Skin
Gra:s
and
Flaps
Skin
Gra:
• Consists
of
epidermis
and
dermis
• Split
thickness:
varying
amounts
of
dermis
• Full
thickness:
contains
enSre
dermis
• Is
devascularized
and
requires
re-‐vascularizaSon
from
site
where
it
is
placed
• Number
of
epithelial
appendages
depends
on
the
thickness
of
the
graQ
However
more
robust
evidence
is
limited,
and
conservaFve
post
operaFve
protocols
of
bedrest
and
delayed
mobilizaFon
remain
in
place
throughout
the
county
Nedelee
B,
Serghiou
BM,
Niszczak
J,
et
al.
PracSce
guidelines
for
early
ambulaSon
of
burn
Nedelee
B,
Serghiou
BM,
Niszczak
J,
et
al.
PracSce
guidelines
for
early
ambulaSon
of
burn
survivors
aQer
lower
extremity
graQs.
J
Burn
Care
Res.
2012;33:319-‐329
survivors
aQer
lower
extremity
graQs.
J
Burn
Care
Res.
2012;33:319-‐329
Blume
PA,
Key
JJ,
Thakor
P,
Thakor
S,
Sumprio
B.
RetrospecSve
evaluaSon
of
clinical
outcomes
in
subjects
with
split-‐thickness
skin
Llanos
S,
Danilla
S,
Barraza
C,
et
al.
EffecSveness
of
negaSve
pressure
closure
in
the
integraSon
of
split
thickness
skin
graQ:
comparing
V.A.C.
therapy
and
convenSonal
therapy
in
foot
and
ankle
reconstrucSve
surgeries.
Int
Wound
J.
2010;7:
480-‐487.
graQs.
Ann
Surg.
2006;244:
700-‐705.
CSM
2014
www.microsurgeon.org/gastroc
hmp://www.thedenverclinic.com/services/mangled/early-‐soQ-‐Sssue-‐coverage/71-‐examples-‐of-‐soQ-‐Ssse-‐flaps.html hmp://www.microsurgeon.org/laSssimus
Post-‐operaFve
Care
• Maintaining
arterial
inflow
and
venous
ouylow
is
imperaSve
• Venous
insufficiency
is
more
common
than
arterial
• Majority
of
compromise
occurs
within
the
first
72
hours
aQer
surgery
• May
require
emergent
exploraSon
to
restore
circulaSon
• Close
monitoring
is
essenSal
Salgado
CJ,
Moran
SL,
Mardini
S.
Flap
monitoring
and
paSent
management.
Plast
Reconstr
Surg.
2009;124:295-‐302.
hmp://www.thedenverclinic.com/services/mangled/early-‐soQ-‐Sssue-‐coverage/71-‐examples-‐of-‐soQ-‐Ssse-‐flaps.html
CSM
2014
Salgado
CJ,
Moran
SL,
Mardini
S.
Flap
monitoring
and
paSent
management.
Plast
Reconstr
Surg.
Salgado
CJ,
Moran
SL,
Mardini
S.
Flap
monitoring
and
paSent
management.
Plast
Reconstr
Surg.
2009;124:295-‐302.
2009;124:295-‐302.
hmp://www.microsurgeon.org/monitoring
hmp://www.cookmedical.com
hmp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QlHRUojvQk
CSM
2014
Rohde
C,
Howell
BW,
Buncke
GM,
et
al.
A
Recommended
protocol
for
the
immediatepostoperaSve
care
Rohde
C,
Howell
BW,
Buncke
GM,
et
al.
A
Recommended
protocol
for
the
immediatepostoperaSve
of
lower
extremity
free-‐flap
reconstrucSons.
J
Reconstr
Microsurg.
2009;25:15-‐20.
care
of
lower
extremity
free-‐flap
reconstrucSons.
J
Reconstr
Microsurg.
2009;25:15-‐20.
CSM
2014
Rohde
C,
Howell
BW,
Buncke
GM,
et
al.
A
Recommended
protocol
for
the
immediate
postoperaSve
care
of
lower
extremity
free-‐flap
reconstrucSons.
J
Reconstr
Microsurg.
2009;25:15-‐20.
Rohde
C,
Howell
BW,
Buncke
GM,
et
al.
A
Recommended
protocol
for
the
immediate
postoperaSve
care
of
lower
Rohde
C,
Howell
BW,
Buncke
GM,
et
al.
A
Recommended
protocol
for
the
immediate
postoperaSve
care
of
lower
extremity
free-‐flap
reconstrucSons.
J
Reconstr
Microsurg.
2009;25:15-‐20.
extremity
free-‐flap
reconstrucSons.
J
Reconstr
Microsurg.
2009;25:15-‐20.
Ridgway
EB,
Kutz
RH,
Cooper
JS,
Guo
L.
New
insight
into
an
old
paradigm:
wrapping
and
dangling
with
lower-‐
extremity
free
flaps.
J
Reconstr
Microsurg.
2010;26:559-‐566.
http://acrazykindoffaith.blogspot.com/
References
Burnsworth
B,
Drob
MJ,
Langer-‐Schnepp
M.
Immediate
ambulaSon
of
paSents
with
lower-‐extremity
graQs.
J
Burn
Care
Rehabil.
1992;
13:
89-‐92.
Luczak
B,
Ha
J,
Gurfinkel
R.
Effect
of
early
and
late
mobilisaSon
on
split
skin
graQ
outcome.
Australas
J
of
Dermatol.
2012;
53:
19-‐21.
Blume
PA,
Key
JJ,
Thakor
P,
Thakor
S,
Sumprio
B.
RetrospecSve
evaluaSon
of
clinicaloutcomes
in
subjects
with
split-‐
thickness
skin
graQ:
comparing
V.A.C.
therapy
and
convenSonal
therapy
in
foot
and
ankle
reconstrucSve
surgeries.
Int
Wound
J.2010;7:
480-‐487.
Llanos
S,
Danilla
S,
Barraza
C,
et
al.
EffecSveness
of
negaSve
pressure
closure
in
the
integraSon
of
split
thickness
skin
graQs.
Ann
Surg.
2006;244:
700-‐705.
Mathes
SJ,
Levine
J.
Muscle
flaps
and
their
blood
supply.
Grabb
and
Smith’s
Plas-c
Surgery,
6th
Edi-on.
2007
Nedelee
B,
Serghiou
BM,
Niszczak
J,
et
al.
PracSce
guidelines
for
early
ambulaSon
of
burn
survivors
aQer
lower
extremity
graQs.
J
Burn
Care
Res.
2012;33:319-‐329.
Talbot
SG,
Pribaz
JJ.
First
aid
for
failing
flaps.
J
Reconstr
Microsurg.
2010;26:513-‐516.
Ridgway
EB,
Kutz
RH,
Cooper
JS,
Guo
L.
New
insight
into
an
old
paradigm:
wrapping
and
danling
with
lower-‐extremity
free
flaps.
J
Reconstr
Microsurg.
2010;26:559-‐566.
Salgado
CJ,
Moran
SL,
Mardini
S.
Flap
monitoring
and
paSent
management.
Plast
Reconstr
Surg.
2009;124:295-‐302.
Rohde
C,
Howell
BW,
Buncke
GM,
et
al.
A
Recommended
protocol
for
the
immediate
postoperaSve
care
of
lower
extremity
free-‐flap
reconstrucSons.
J
Reconstr
Microsurg.
2009;25:15-‐20.