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Cryopreserved allogenic vascular graft in free-flap reconstructive microsurgery: case report

Published:2021-08-01 Issue:8 Volume:2021 Page:
ISSN:2042-8812
Container-title:Journal of Surgical Case Reports
language:en
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Author:

Lin Chih-Hsun¹²^ORCID,Hsia Kai¹,Lu Jen-Her³,Ma Hsu¹²⁴

Affiliation:

1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan

2. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan

3. Section of pediatric cardiology, department of pediatrics, Taipei medical university hospital, Taipei11031, Taiwan

4. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan

Abstract

Abstract The use of cryopreserved allogenic vascular graft in reconstructive microsurgery has rarely been reported. Here, we report a case of lower extremity reconstruction using cryopreserved hepatic artery as the vein conduit. Postoperative flap perfusion was uneventful with satisfactory wound healing, and graft patency was observed on follow-up color Doppler. Thus, cryopreserved allogenic vascular graft could be a source of vascular conduit in microsurgery.

Funder

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Surgery

Link

http://academic.oup.com/jscr/article-pdf/2021/8/rjab375/39937001/rjab375.pdf

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