Monitoring lymphatic reconstitution in free latissimus dorsi flap for lower extremity defects repair in pediatric patients: a case series
Tao Han, Weiyun Jiang, Shupei Jiang, Songming Huang, Weimin Shen · 2024
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Description
Tao Han and four co-authors watch lymph return in transplanted back muscle in a 2024 case series. Free flaps of latissimus dorsi muscle repair large leg wounds in children. Blood flow in flaps is studied often; lymph drainage is not. Swelling after surgery may track how lymph pathways regrow.
Twelve children, aged seven to sixteen, were followed for over six months. A green dye lymph scan was repeated across the first three months. Leg circumference was measured on the same schedule. Flap swelling peaked on day three, then eased within a week. Early lymph vessel patterns appeared around days ten to fourteen. The series links drainage milestones to swelling curves. It gives surgeons a timeline for judging flap recovery in children.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tao Han, Weiyun Jiang, Shupei Jiang, Songming Huang, Weimin Shen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |