Internal mammary artery perforator-based V-Y advancement flap for the reconstruction of soft tissue defects in the sternal region. Issue 6 (December 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kim, Kwang Seog; Kim, Eui Sik; Hwang, Jae Ha; Lee, Sam Yong
• Is Part Of: Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery. Volume 47:Issue 6(2013)
• Page Start: 543
• Page End: 544
• Publication Date: 2013-12
• Subjects: Internal mammary artery, perforator, flap -- V-Y, advancement; Surgery -- Periodicals; Hand -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Orthopedics -- Periodicals; Surgery, Plastic -- Periodicals; 617.95
• DOI: 10.3109/2000656X.2012.748305
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2000-656X

Abstract

Abstract: We successfully reconstructed a large defect that had been created by resection of an unstable, contracted, and hypertrophic scar with a chronic ulcer on the lower sternal area of a 67-year-old man. We used bilateral V-Y advancement flaps based on internal mammary artery perforators.