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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0376-7892</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía Plástica Ibero-Latinoamericana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. plást. iberolatinoam.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0376-7892</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Española de Cirugía Plástica, Reparadora y Estética (SECPRE)]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0376-78922025000200203</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4321/s0376-78922025000200012</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Primera reconstrucción con colgajo libre en Burundi]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[First free flap reconstruction in Burundi]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[César Casado]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Leopoldo Cagigal]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Feliciano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique Burchés]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Paños]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro Candelas]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gallego]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Loreto Bueno]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ntahindiriye]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Bernard]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital La Paz  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Madrid ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Práctica privada  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Málaga ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Ruber Internacional  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Madrid ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital La Paz  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Madrid ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Ruber Internacional  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Madrid ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,Jefe del Servicio de Cirugía  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[L´Hôpital de Ngozi Ngozi]]></addr-line>
<country>Burundi</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>51</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>203</fpage>
<lpage>210</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0376-78922025000200203&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0376-78922025000200203&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0376-78922025000200203&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En el contexto de una campaña humanitaria desarrollada en marzo de 2024 en la localidad de Ngozi, Burundi, se atendió un paciente de 11 años con secuelas faciales de enfermedad de noma, que incluían una extensa pérdida de sustancia perioral. Se realizó reconstrucción del defecto con colgajo libre anterolateral de muslo (ALT) con doble isla cutánea, microanastomosado a vasos faciales. Al cuarto día del postoperatorio, la evolución fue satisfactoria. Hasta donde podemos conocer, es el primer caso de reconstrucción microquirúrgica con colgajo libre realizado en Burundi. Esperamos que sirva para incentivar el desarrollo de procedimientos microquirúrgicos en países en vías de desarrollo. Nivel de evidencia científica 4d Terapéutico]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In the context of a humanitarian campaign in March 2024 in the town of Ngozi, Burundi, an 11-year-old patient with facial sequelae of noma disease, including extensive preioral loss of substance, was treated. Reconstruction of the defect was performed with an anterolateral thigh free flap (ALT) with a double skin island, micro-anastomosed to facial vessels. On the fourth postoperative day the evolution was satisfactory. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of microsurgical reconstruction with a free flap performed in Burundi. We hope it will serve to encourage the development of microsurgical procedures in developing countries. Level of evidence 4d Therapeutic]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Facial reconstruction]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Microsurgery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Anterolateral thigh free flap]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Humanitarian campaign.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Reconstrucción facial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Microcirugía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Colgajo anterolateral muslo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Campaña humanitaria.]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
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