What is a Fasciocutaneous tissue?
What is a Fasciocutaneous tissue?
Fasciocutaneous flaps are tissue flaps that include skin, subcutaneous tissue and the underlying fascia. Including the deep fascia with its prefascial and subfascial plexus enhances the circulation of these flaps. They can be raised without skin and are then referred to as fascial flaps.
What is cutaneous flap?
Cutaneous flaps contain the full thickness of the skin and superficial fascia and are used to fill small defects. Fasciocutaneous flaps add subcutaneous tissue and deep fascia, resulting in a more robust blood supply and ability to fill a larger defect.
What is a myofascial flap?
The myofascial flap variation carries no skin paddle and is utilized primarily to close small mucosal defects, to protect major vascular structures, and to support primary mucosal closure in a patient at increased risk of wound breakdown (prior radiation, diabetic, weight loss).
What is a free fascial flap?
Free fascial flaps are widely used for the reconstruction of defects located on the distal extremities as they provide thin yet durable soft tissue coverage.
What is groin flap?
The groin flap is a vascularized axial flap based on the superficial circumflex iliac artery arising from the femoral artery just below the inguinal ligament. It is used regularly by many reconstructive surgeons for covering soft tissue defects of the hand.
How does a forehead flap work?
The tip of the flap, for the initial 1.5 to 2 cm, is raised in the subcutaneous plane with removal of subcutaneous fat and underlying frontalis muscle. This technique creates a thin, pliable flap that will conform nicely to the underlying osseocartilaginous structure of the nose.
How long does skin flap take to heal?
The donor area of partial thickness skin grafts usually takes about 2 weeks to heal. For full thickness skin grafts, the donor area only takes about 5 to 10 days to heal, because it’s usually quite small and closed with stitches.
When should I split my groin flap?
In the posttraumatic setting, timing of coverage with a groin flap has become an important issue. In general, most published reports advocate use of the flap in a delayed-primary fashion, specifically between 48 hours and 7 days following injury.
