Successful lower leg microsurgical reconstruction in homozygous sickle cell disease: Case report

ABSTRACT: We present an 18-year-old female with sickle cell disease, who presented with an extensive lower leg ulcer over a 12-year course of the disease. Definitive reconstruction was made using a free latissimus dorsi flap and split-skin grafts. One week before the surgery, the plasmapheresis prot...

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Autores:

Posso Zapata, Carolina María
Cuéllar Ambrosi, Francisco

Tipo de recurso:

Article of journal

Fecha de publicación:

2016

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/44926

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/44926

Palabra clave:

Colgajos Tisulares Libres
Free Tissue Flaps
Anemia de Células Falciformes
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Úlcera
Ulcer
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058752
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000755
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014456

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/