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. 2015 Sep;42(5):652-5.
doi: 10.5999/aps.2015.42.5.652. Epub 2015 Sep 15.

Breakthrough Technique for Free Tissue Transfer of Poorly Vascularized Lower Extremity: Arteriovenous Loop Revisited

Hee-Eun Cho  1 , Si-Gyun Roh  1 , Nae-Ho Lee  1 , Kyung-Moo Yang  1
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Breakthrough Technique for Free Tissue Transfer of Poorly Vascularized Lower Extremity: Arteriovenous Loop Revisited

Hee-Eun Cho et al. Arch Plast Surg. 2015 Sep.
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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Schematic representation of an arteriovenous loop (A-V loop).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. A 58-year-old man injured in a motorcycle accident, preoperative: hardware was exposed along with his bone and soft tissue.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3. Angiogram obtained prior to free flap reconstruction: diffuse atrophic change in the right lower extremity and no obvious stenosis of the right posterior tibial artery and proximal portion of the peroneal artery were observed. RT, right leg.
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Fig. 4. A-V loop created from a branch of the popliteal artery: the A-V loop was established using the patient's contralateral lesser saphenous vein system.
Fig. 5
Fig. 5. Postoperative appearance following latissimus dorsi myocutaneous free flap using the A-V loop: the wound healed, and there were no further complications.
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