Elmelegu, N., Shoukr, T., El Ghamry, S. (2023). Another Dimension for the Choice in the Reconstructive Ladder, the Free Style Perforator Flap. The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 47(2), 107-114. doi: 10.21608/ejprs.2023.291378
Nader Elmelegu; Tarek Shoukr; Sameh El Ghamry. "Another Dimension for the Choice in the Reconstructive Ladder, the Free Style Perforator Flap". The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 47, 2, 2023, 107-114. doi: 10.21608/ejprs.2023.291378
Elmelegu, N., Shoukr, T., El Ghamry, S. (2023). 'Another Dimension for the Choice in the Reconstructive Ladder, the Free Style Perforator Flap', The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 47(2), pp. 107-114. doi: 10.21608/ejprs.2023.291378
Elmelegu, N., Shoukr, T., El Ghamry, S. Another Dimension for the Choice in the Reconstructive Ladder, the Free Style Perforator Flap. The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2023; 47(2): 107-114. doi: 10.21608/ejprs.2023.291378
Another Dimension for the Choice in the Reconstructive Ladder, the Free Style Perforator Flap
The Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University
Abstract
Background: The reconstructive ladder is an old concept that is familiar to all plastic surgeons. It is an arrangement of methods to reconstruct tissue defects from the easy to most complex one. With the advent of surgery, a lot of flimsy spots and difficulties showed up and yet showing up with the utilization of this old reconstructive stepping stool. Objective: In this work, the authors will present another view of the reconstructive ladder that they incited that is more valuable to the patient than the bygone one. Patients and Methods: The authors discussed six clinical cases. In each case, a travel study comparing the use of all the steps of the ladder to reach the best. Results: The discussion of the clinical cases that included other reconstructive options demonstrated and affirmed the requirement for modifications in the reconstructive ladder. Conclusion: The addition of the pedicled freestyle perforator flap would be a valuable update to the reconstructive ladder. The reconstructive Ladder is better viewed and organized as an order of beneficial priority to the patients rather than a classification of reconstructive options from simplicity to sophistication.
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