Tips and Tricks to Avoid Complications With Scapula Tip-Free Flap
Zubiate Illarramendi Imanol,
Cariati Paolo,
Martínez-Sahuquillo Ángel
et al.
Abstract:Purpose:
Create a practical step-by-step guide to harvesting this flap, highlighting the critical points that can create problems during surgery and the postoperative period.
Methods:
The tips and tricks to harvesting the scapula tip-free flap are described in different points, describing the patient preparation and skin incision, identification of the anterior border of the latissimus dorsi, dissection of the pedicle, bone osteotomy, flap inset, and cl… Show more
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