Abstract

GARCIA TUTOR, E.  and  MARRE MEDINA, D.. Covergae of a presternal skin defect with a superior epigastric perforator Flap. Cir. plást. iberolatinoam. [online]. 2008, vol.34, n.2, pp.139-144. ISSN 1989-2055.

Perforator flaps nowadays represent a very good therapeutic alternative for reconstruction and coverage of skin defects. Their advantages such as the minimal morbidity of the donor site, their good and easy postsurgical recovery, great versatility and rather simple surgical approach and technique are some of the reasons why these flaps have been rapidly developed over the last decade, being the flap based on perforator from de deep inferior epigastric artery, DIEP flap, probably their main model. A flap of similar characteristics based on perforators coming from the superior epigastric artery has been recently described for the coverage of the lower sternum region. In this article we present a clinical case in which a wound in this area that had been previously exposed to radiotherapy is treated with a superiorepigastric perforator flap, achieving complete coverage of the defect and an acceptable aesthetic result.

Keywords : Superior epigastric artery; Perforator flap; Propeller flap; Presternal.

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