FIG. 21-84

FIG. 21-85. Healed amputation stump at 5 years, without breakdown despite ambulation. There is protective sensation over the surface of the flap.

(Cases 6, 7, 13, 14, and 16 are from: Whitney, T.M., Buncke, H.J., Alpert, B.S., Buncke, G.M., and Lineaweaver, W.C.: The serratus anterior free muscle flap: Experience with 100 consecutive cases. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. In press, 1989.)

References

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2. Buncke, H.J., Alpert, B.S., and Gordon, L.: Serratus anterior microvascular transplantation, Presented American Association of Plastic Surgeons, 61st Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 18, 1982.

3. Whitney, T.M., Buncke, H.J., Alpert, B.S., et al.: The serratus anterior free muscle flap: Experience with 100 consecutive cases. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. In press, 1989.

4. Gordon, L., Rosen, J., Alpert, B.S., and Buncke, H.J.: Free microsurgical transfer of the second toe ray and serratus anterior muscle for management of thumb loss at the CMC joint level. J. Hand Surg. 9A:642, 1984.

5. Harii, K., Ono, L, and Ebihara, S.: Closure of total cheek defects with two combined myocutaneous free flaps. Arch. Otolaryngol. 108:303, 1982.

6. Richards, M.A., Poole, M.D., and Godfrey, A.M.: The serratus anterior/rib composite flap for mandibular reconstruction. Br. J. Plast. Surg. 38:466, 1985.

7. Harii, K., Yamada, A., Ishihara, K., et al.: A free transfer of both latissimus dorsi and serratus anterior flaps with thoracodorsal vessel anastomoses. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 70:620, 1982.

8. Logan, S.E., Alpert, B.S., and Buncke, H.J.: Free serratus anterior muscle transplantation for hand reconstruction. Br. J. Plast. Surg. 41:639, 1988.

9. Takayanagi, S., Ohtsuka, M., and Tsukie, T.: Use of the latissimus dorsi and the serratus muscles as a combined flap. Ann. Plast. Surg. 20:333, 1988.

10. Rowsell, A.R., Davies, D.M., Eisenberg, N., and Taylor, G.I.: The anatomy of the subscapular-thoracodorsal arterial system: Study of 100 cadaver dissections. Br. J. Plast. Surg. 37:574, 1984.

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