Strategies to increase flap survival in nasal reconstruction in patients with deep panfacial burns
Case report published in Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association (2013)
Abstract
Total nasal reconstruction requires the management of skin, cartilage, and nasal mucosa. This three-dimensional surgical approach is especially restricted in patients with severe deformities after deep panfacial burns. In this regard, the development of tissue fibrosis reduces the quality and reliability of surrounded donor sites, limiting the surgical options and flap survival outcomes. This report discusses the benefit of tissue protection procedures, such as flap delay and leech therapy, in the total nasal reconstruction of a patient with split-thickness skin grafts on donor sites for forehead and nasolabial flaps.
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Resumen
Total nasal reconstruction requires the management of skin, cartilage, and nasal mucosa.
Por qué esto importa para la hirudoterapia
This case report describes total nasal reconstruction in a patient with deep panfacial burns, highlighting tissue-protection procedures including flap delay and leech therapy to support flap survival where surrounding donor-site fibrosis limited surgical options. Leech therapy is mentioned as one of several adjuncts used in this challenging reconstructive setting. For ASH's domain, this report offers a direct, if narrow, clinical example of hirudotherapy employed as a supportive measure in complex facial reconstruction. The relevance is limited by being a single case report with no control group, no detail on leech therapy protocol or outcomes specific to the leeching, and no isolated leech-secretome analysis; it therefore provides anecdotal rather than generalizable evidence.
Citación
Strategies to increase flap survival in nasal reconstruction in patients with deep panfacial burns
Medina A et al. · Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, 2013
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