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Successful Latissimus Dorsi Free Flap Salvage Using Intraoperative Vasopressors: A Case Report, Aubree Ford, Hugo Palacios Vazquez, Sean Figy
Successful Latissimus Dorsi Free Flap Salvage Using Intraoperative Vasopressors: A Case Report, Aubree Ford, Hugo Palacios Vazquez, Sean Figy
Graduate Medical Education Research Journal
Arterial thrombosis is a rare, but dreadful complication in microvascular surgery. Here we report on a case of recurrent arterial thrombosis in a latissimus dorsi (LD) free flap used for scalp reconstruction in an 18-year-old woman who sustained a gunshot wound (GSW) to the head. In the immediate postoperative period, internal and external doppler signals to the flap were lost. Emergent surgical exploration revealed arterial thrombosis, which was emergently explored and successfully repaired. Doppler signals were again lost and the flap was emergently explored for a second time. Following revision of the arterial anastomosis, flap perfusion decreased and appeared to …
Complications, Untoward Events, And Reality., Geoffrey G. Hallock Md
Complications, Untoward Events, And Reality., Geoffrey G. Hallock Md
Department of Surgery
The only surgeons who do not have deal with complications are those who do not operate.1