Extending the Reach of the Inferior Trapezius Flap in Occipital Reconstruction: A Technical Refinement with Dorsal Scapular Artery Sacrifice—A Case Report
Ioana-Maria Onați, Florian Dorel Bodog, Iones Afana, Isabelle-Yvette Indig, Camelia Crișan, Cristina Mihaela Brisc, Iulia Codruța Macovei, Narcis Vîlceanu, Ruxandra Florina Bodog · 2026
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Ioana-Maria Onați, Florian Bodog, and seven co-authors report a surgical fix that stretches a shoulder muscle flap to cover the back of the head. Their case report was published in twenty twenty-six. Defects there with exposed dura are hard to cover and dangerous if left open.
The patient was a sixty-one-year-old man with a chronic infected occipital wound after surgery to drain a brain abscess. Skin grafts and local flaps had already failed. The team raised an inferior trapezius flap on a neck artery, cutting a second artery once flow through the main one was confirmed. The extra freedom let the flap reach the defect. It covered the wound with steady blood supply.
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| CREATOR | Ioana-Maria Onați, Florian Dorel Bodog, Iones Afana, Isabelle-Yvette Indig, Camelia Crișan, Cristina Mihaela Brisc, Iulia Codruța Macovei, Narcis Vîlceanu, Ruxandra Florina Bodog |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |