ALLMedicine™ Transposition Flaps Center

Dec 20th, 2021 - Bilobed transposition flaps are prone to pincushioning (trapdooring), whereby contraction of the flap over the wound bed may produce an unsatisfactory functional and aesthetic outcome. There are several proposed methods to prevent this, but there ...

Oct 8th, 2021 - Background An interpolation flap is a 2-stage tissue flap in which the base of the flap is not immediately adjacent to the recipient site. These flaps are used when insufficient tissue or mobility in nearby skin prevents coverage of a surgical def...

Oct 8th, 2021 - Background An interpolation flap is a 2-stage tissue flap in which the base of the flap is not immediately adjacent to the recipient site. These flaps are used when insufficient tissue or mobility in nearby skin prevents coverage of a surgical def...

Aug 5th, 2021 - Background Rotation flaps are local flaps that use adjacent tissue rotated in an arc to close a defect. They are nearly always random flaps composed of skin and subcutaneous tissue devoid of segmental vessels. They ultimately rely on perforators t...

Jul 28th, 2021 - The viability of random skin flaps (RSFs) depends on an adequate perfusion pressure to avoid necrosis. Laser speckle contrast imaging is a new method to monitor skin flap microcirculation. The authors aimed to use laser speckle contrast imaging in...