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Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir 2022 Aug 9;54(4):339-348. Epub 2022 Aug 9.

Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery - Burn Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.

[English] Deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) or muscle-sparing transverse rectus abdominis muscle (ms-TRAM) flaps remain the gold standard for autologous reconstruction in post-mastectomy patients, although many women may not be candidates for abdominally based free tissue transfer. In this scenario, there are several other donor site options based from the thigh (transverse and diagonal upper gracilis flaps, profunda artery perforator flap, lateral thigh flap), trunk (lumbar artery perforator flap), and buttock (superior and inferior gluteal artery perforator flaps). This article will provide insight into the history, relevant anatomy, surgical technique and novel applications (neurotization) for alternative flaps in autologous breast reconstruction. Read More

Ann Plast Surg 2022 Aug 24;89(2):196-200. Epub 2022 Jan 24.

From the Department of Plastic Surgery, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon.

Background: Facial paralysis reconstruction can be difficult in extensive defects after complex facial or cranial base tumor resection and radiotherapy or when primary smile reanimation attempt has failed. The surgical challenge is more complicated when defects are associated with recipient vessels or nerves depletion. This scenario has not been well described in the literature, and the present article will address the alternatives that plastic surgeons may use in these circumstances. Read More

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2022 Aug 8. Epub 2022 Aug 8.

International Head and Neck Scientific Group, Padua, Italy.

Purpose: Vascular perfusion research has been dedicated to identify inexpensive, effective, and easy to use methods to assess free flap perfusion for both buried and non-buried flaps.

Methods: Systematic review of complications in patients underwent Head and Neck microsurgical reconstruction and vascular implantable Doppler monitoring.

Results: Sixteen articles were included for qualitative analysis. Read More

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2022 Aug 5. Epub 2022 Aug 5.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China. Electronic address:

Trismus is a rare complication of chemotherapy. The usefulness of a modified anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap for the repair of extensive oral defects in patients treated for chemotherapy-induced trismus was evaluated. Between 2019 and 2021, three patients with chemotherapy-induced trismus underwent scar excision. Read More

Plast Reconstr Surg 2022 Aug 4. Epub 2022 Aug 4.

Department of Plastic Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.

Background: Superficial inguinal (groin) vascularized lymph node transplantation (VLNT) is the most common option for the treatment of lymphedema, particularly in combination with free abdominal flap breast reconstruction. This study examines the utility of single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT/CT) lymphoscintigraphy for lower extremity reverse lymphatic mapping (RLM) in presurgical planning for groin VLNT and appraises the physiological lymphatic drainage to the superficial inguinal lymph nodes.

Methods: All patients that that underwent bilateral lower extremity SPECT/CT-RLM over a five-year period were included. Read More