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Fig. 42.5 (a) The patient suffered from right chest empy-
ema due to tuberculosis. The tuberculosis had been eradicated after medication leaving a large cavity in the right
chest. Many attempts of de-cortication had been performed trying to expand the lung but all failed. Due to the
multiple incisions on the right chest wall, there was no
sufcient muscle for insertion into the cavity. There was
persistent pus discharge every day and he had to go to the
hospital for dressing change every day. He could not go to
work for almost 30 years. (b) Reconstruction was performed with the left latissumus dorsi and distal half of the
serratus anterior muscle, which was transferred as a free
ap for the obliteration of the empyema space. (c) The
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Fig. 42.6 (a) The female patient sustained severe lymph-
edema with prominent swelling of the right lower limb
and repetitive infection. On examination, the skin and
subcutaneous tissue had advanced brosis as hard as a
42.3 Discussion onOther Issues
Plastic surgeons frequently encounter lower
extremity wounds in their daily clinical practice.
Lower extremity reconstruction has unique difculties due to the anatomical and functional characteristics of the lower extremity. Acute complex
wounds that are very difcult to reconstruct may
occur after extensive trauma and cancer excision
in the lower extremity. Furthermore, there may
be complex non-healing lower extremity ulcers,
including venous stasis, diabetic, and arterial
ischemic ulcers [4, 15]. Vasculitis, pyoderma
gangrenosum, sickle cell disease, calciphylaxis,
and autoimmune diseases are the other causes of
ulcers in the lower extremities [15, 16].
rock. (b) Modied Charles’ procedure was performed,
and the lymph node ap was transferred to the right foot
afterward. The patient had no more infection or ulcer and
could go to work with normal social life
Additionally, ulcers related to osteomyelitis are
prevalent in the lower extremity. These wounds
usually have developed after trauma and are characterized by extensive brosis and ischemia [17].
Effective treatment for osteomyelitis and coverage of the ulcer remains one of the challenges in
reconstructive surgery.
Before the reconstruction of the chronic ulcer
of the lower extremity, the patient must be physiologically stable, and adverse conditions such as
venous hypertension, arterial insufciency, and
diabetes of the patient, which cause the ulcer,
must be taken under control [18]. In addition,
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forming reconstructive surgery. Different reconstructive options are available for different
anatomical regions in lower extremity
reconstruction. The following discussion is
focused on three common chronic wounds: (1)
venous ulcers, (2) diabetic ulcers, and (3)
pressures.
42.3.1 Venous Ulcers
Venous ulcers are the most common cause of
ulceration and account for 70–80% of all ulcers
in the lower extremity [19, 20]. The rst step in
the management of venous ulcers is bed rest with
leg elevation, compression therapy, debridement,
and local wound care [21, 22]. In case of infection, antibiotics can be used, and other medications such as pentoxifylline, which have been
proven to accelerate healing, can also be used. In
addition to conventional wound care, cellular and
tissue-based products are also helpful for wound
care [23]. However, none of these conservative
methods correct the underlying pathophysiology.
Current surgical treatments include skin grafting,
ablation of the saphenous vein, interruption of
the perforating veins with subfascial endoscopic
surgery, treatment of iliac vein obstruction with
stenting, and removal of incompetent supercial
veins with phlebectomy, stripping, sclerotherapy,
or laser therapy [24, 25]. Invasive surgeries are
being replaced by less invasive percutaneous procedures, such as radiofrequency therapy, endovascular laser ablation, and ultrasound-guided
foam sclerotherapy [25]. Despite conservative
treatments, skin grafts, and advanced surgical
attempts to improve venous hemodynamics, the
recurrence rate in venous ulcers reaches 70% at
6months [26]. Even if surgical interventions correct venous pathophysiology, they cannot provide an improvement on the irreversibly scarred
and lipodermatosclerotic extremity. At this point,
complete removal of the venous ulcer and all surrounding lipodermatosclerotic tissue and reconstruction with distant healthy tissues may
effectively prevent recurrences.
Dunn et al. used fasciocutaneous free aps
(scapular, anterolateral thigh, posterior calf) on
six patients to reconstruct recalcitrant venous
ulcers in 1994. All the patients had undergone
previous surgical interventions such as skin
grafts, subfacial ligation, and local aps, but
venous ulcers recurred. They pathologically
proved no sign of lipodermatosclerosis with skin
biopsies taken from the aps 7 years after the
operations [27]. In 1997, Weinzweig and Schuler
published their series of reconstructions using 20
muscle aps in 18 patients with non-traumatic
non-osteomyelitic venous ulcers for an average
of 3.5years [28]. Flap’s success rate was 90%.
They mostly used the rectus abdominis muscle
ap; they preferred the latissimus dorsi muscle
ap for large defects, the rectus abdominis muscle ap or “split” latissimus dorsi muscle ap for
medium-sized defects, and the gracilis and serratus muscle aps for small defects. They concluded that with free muscle transfer, the diseased
recipient bed could be covered with healthy tissue containing competent micro-venous valves
with normal circulation to provide a long-term
cure. They also stated that free ap surgery is
much more cost-effective than conventional
treatments, which have high recurrence rates.
However, a study argued that free muscle aps
provide temporary palliation, not a permanent
solution in treating chronic venous ulcers [29]. In
this study, with a mean follow-up of 5.4years, 14
free aps (8 latissimus muscle aps, 3 serratus
muscle aps, 1 deltoid ap, 1 scapular fascia ap,
and 1 serratus fascia ap) were used for the treatment of chronic venous ulcers, and all patients
developed new ulcers within an average of
17.2months. Another clinical article supporting
that free tissue transfers can provide rapid healing and long-term relief from severe venous
ulcers by improving venous hemodynamics and
resolving the tissue-related components of
chronic ulceration was published in 2000 [30].
Besides free ap transfers, a regional ap was
proposed to reconstruct chronic venous ulcers.
After the excision of the ulcer and its surrounding
lipodermatosclerotic skin, the coverage of the
defect and ligation of perforating veins can be
performed in a one-stage operation by distally
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42.3.2 Diabetic Ulcers
Diabetic ulcers are the second, and ischemic or
arterial ulcers (non-diabetic) are the third common cause of chronic wounds on the lower
extremities [32]. Up to 25% of patients with leg
ulcers have peripheral arterial disease [33]. The
primary cause of diabetic ulcers is diabetic neuropathy; the other reason is ischemia due to
peripheral arterial disease, frequently caused by
the combination of neuropathy and ischemia [34].
The lifetime risk of a person with diabetes developing a foot ulcer could be as high as 25%, and
diabetic foot ulcers are the single most signicant
risk factor for nontraumatic foot amputations in
persons with diabetes [35, 36]. Due to the high
incidence of foot ulcers, amputations remain a
source of morbidity and mortality in persons with
diabetes. Amputations are 15 times more common in persons with diabetes than those without
the disease; limb amputations due to diabetes are
associated with an increased risk of additional
amputations and have a 57% 5-year mortality rate
[37]. Considering these dramatic data, reconstruction of the extremity and preventing amputations
should be the most crucial goals in treating
patients with diabetic or ischemic ulcers.
Amputation rates in diabetic patients have
been considerably reduced by combined revascularization and free tissue transfers, hence offering
patients a better quality of life and increasing the
5-year survival rates [38, 39]. However, in the
past, there were hesitations for free aps in diabetics and patients with atherosclerosis, while
free tissue transfers were frequently used to
reconstruct traumatic lower extremity defects.
Restoring adequate blood ow to the lower
extremity is sufcient for secondary healing or
successful treatment with skin grafts in many
ischemic ulcers. However, for complex defects
with exposed bone or tendons, skin grafts or local
aps are often insufcient for reconstruction. In
these cases, free tissue transfer is the only option
to save the extremity [40]. It has been shown that
many comorbidities, including diabetes, are not
contraindications to free ap surgery [41–43].
Free aps have been widely used for salvage of
ischemic extremities that otherwise would not be
salvageable [44–46].
In 1985, Briggs etal. performed free muscle
(rectus abdominis) and free fasciocutaneous aps
(radial forearm ap and scapular ap) reconstruction 2–3weeks after revascularization with
bypass in four patients with ischemic ulcers,
three of whom were diabetic [47]. They used
arterial bypass vein graft as the recipient vessel in
their series, showing that the graft is a suitable
alternative as a recipient vessel in extremities
where the native vessels cannot be used. They
suggested that distal revascularization and microvascular free tissue transfer can be used for
extremity salvage in selected patients, especially
for wounds with exposed tendons and bone. In
1987, Colen published the series in which he
used ten free aps (gracilis muscle, serratus anterior, and scapular free aps) for wound reconstruction in seven patients with diabetes and
severe peripheral vascular disease [48].
Revascularization was performed with bypass
surgery in 7 of 10 extremities, and denitive ap
surgery was performed 5–7days after revascularization. In patients with osteomyelitis, muscle
aps were used for their effectiveness, and sensate aps were used when the weight-bearing
area was required to be covered. He pointed out
that because of two misconceptions (diabetic
patients, even with a normal pedal pulse, have
“small-vessel disease,” and there is endothelial
proliferation in the small vessels of diabetic
patients), free ap surgery is avoided; however,
studies have revealed that these are not true. He
stated that salvage of the extremity by a free tissue transfer is invaluable, especially in patients
whose contralateral leg had been amputated
before.
Today, many free ap options, including muscle aps, fasciocutaneous aps, and perforator
aps, such as anterolateral thigh (ALT) ap [39,
49–51], supercial circumex iliac artery perfo-
rator (SCIP) ap [39, 52], profunda artery perforator (PAP) ap [53], gluteal artery perforator
(GAP) ap [54, 55], medial sural artery perforator (MSAP) ap [56], and thoracodorsal artery
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success rate of 85–92% in the reconstruction of
diabetic ischemic ulcers [59].
Diabetic ulcers may often be complicated by
the presence of osteomyelitis, and they may be
more complicated by ischemia of the involved
limb secondary to peripheral vascular disease
[60]. Treatment of osteomyelitis, which is still
challenging for plastic surgeons, includes aggressive debridement, appropriate antibiotic therapy,
and coverage of the soft tissue defect with wellvascularized tissue [60, 61]. For years, skin
grafts, local muscle aps, and cross-leg aps
have been used for soft tissue coverage following
debridement [62–64]. However, none of these
reconstruction methods have been as effective as
reconstructions with free aps, which provide
coverage of the infected bone with wellvascularized tissue [65, 66].
The robust blood supply of the muscle ap
allows the delivery of good antibiotics to the
wound, increases oxygen tension, and increases
phagocytic activity to ght the infection [17, 67,
68]. Furthermore, muscle aps promote bone
healing in the early phases of wound healing [69]
and obliterate dead spaces very well. Because of
these properties, free muscle aps have been used
in treating chronic osteomyelitis and have been
preferred over fasciocutaneous aps. In 2005,
Hong etal. used the ALT ap effectively in the
treatment of chronic osteomyelitis [70]. ZweifelSchlatte et al. published a series of 14 patients
treated with free fasciocutaneous aps in 2006
[71]. Hong et al. showed that perforator aps
(ALT ap, SCIP ap, TDAP ap, upper medial
thigh (UMG) ap, and superior gluteal artery
perforator (SGAP) ap) could be used effectively
in the treatment of chronic osteomyelitis in their
extensive series including 120 patients [72]. A
meta-analysis revealed that fasciocutaneous aps
can be used in treating osteomyelitis as effectively as muscle aps and that adequate debridement, appropriate antibiotic selection, as well as
sufcient duration of treatment are much more
critical than ap selection [73].
There are many pedicled locoregional ap
options that can be safely used in soft tissue
reconstruction of diabetic and ischemic ulcers
and do not require salvage with free tissue
transfers. For the proximal third of the leg, gastrocnemius muscle ap with skin graft remains
the rst option [74]. Proximally based soleus ap
and bipedicled tibialis anterior ap are the other
alternatives for this region. For the middle third
defects of the leg, the gastrocnemius muscle and
soleus muscle aps provide reliable pedicled
aps [75, 76]. The other regional muscle ap
options for the reconstruction of middle third
defects of the leg are exor digitorum longus
ap, extensor digitorum longus ap, extensor
digitorum hallucis ap, exor hallucis longus
ap, and tibialis anterior ap [76–78]. It was proposed that free ap reconstruction is the rst and
only reliable option for the reconstruction of
defects located in the distal third of the leg, as
there is not enough soft tissue coverage to be
used as a ap and local muscle aps are often
unreliable in this region [18, 65]. However, today
there are other reliable options in many cases
since fasciocutaneous aps, perforator aps and
propeller perforator aps are included in the
reconstructive options, and their reliability has
been proven [79, 80].
Free aps are the most appropriate reconstruction method for large defects or composite
tissue loss in the lower extremity. However, due
to their signicant advantages, pedicled perforator (propeller) aps have been widely used to
reconstruct small- or medium-sized lower
extremity defects [81, 82]. These advantages
include preservation of the source vessels, preservation of the underlying muscles, minimal
donor site morbidity, and a more effortless surgical technique that does not require microvascular anastomosis, and they are less morbid for
unhealthy patients [83–85]. The posterior tibial
artery perforator (PTAP) ap, anterior tibial
artery perforator (ATAP) ap, peroneal artery
perforator (PAP) ap, medial sural artery perforator (MSAP) ap, lateral sural artery perforator
(LSAP) ap, lateral superior genicular artery
perforator (SGAP) ap, dorsal metatarsal artery
perforator (DMtAP) ap, and dorsalis pedis adipofascial perforator ap (DPAP) are the pedicled
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extremity reconstruction [86, 87]. The most
commonly used aps are PTAP aps (58%) and
PAP aps (25.7%) [88]. The most commonly
used aps for the reconstruction of the distal
third of the leg are PTAP, PAP, and ATAP aps.
For the reconstruction of the proximal and middle leg, besides PTAP, PAP, and ATAP aps,
MSAP ap can also be a ap choice [89].
The use of perforator aps in lower extremity
reconstructions is increasing. However, there is a
tendency to return to free aps due to high complication rates (especially at the distal third of the
leg) [88]. In the analysis of 15 studies, including
186 cases, the overall complication rate was
found to be 25.8%, the most common ones are
partial ap loss (11.3%) and venous congestion
(8.1%), but the failure rate was found to be 1.1%
[86]. In another study that included 21 studies
and 310 propeller aps, the total ap necrosis
rate was 5.5%, with a partial necrosis rate of
11.6% [90]. In a meta-analysis of 40 articles and
428 cases, ap complications were found in
25.2%, including partial necrosis (10.2%) and
complete necrosis (3.5%); the signicant risk
factors for complications were age older than
60 years, diabetes, and arteriopathy [88]. The
same group showed that partial necrosis is signicantly higher for pedicled propeller aps;
however, the overall complication rate of perforator propeller aps is comparable with free aps
with similar coverage success [87].
42.3.3 Pressure Sores
Pressure ulcers are the most common chronic
wound independent of location [32]. Pressure
sores are caused by unrelieved pressure on the
soft tissue over a bony prominence. It develops in
patients with a sensory decit or motor decit, or
both, for extrinsic factors (shear, pressure, friction, and moisture) and intrinsic factors (ischemia, sepsis, decreased autonomic control,
malnutrition, etc.). Pressure ulcer development is
destructive for the patient, healthcare provider,
and community [91]. The most common sites of
pressure ulcers are the sacrum (36.9%) and heel
(30.3%). Ischium, trochanter, malleolus, elbow,
knee, scapula, and occiput are the other sites for
pressure ulcers [92]. Stages I and II pressure
sores can be managed conservatively, and stages
III and IV ulcers frequently require surgical intervention [93]. Previously, muscle aps were the
mainstay in reconstruction. Since 1980, fasciocutaneous aps have taken their place in the treatment of pressure ulcers [94]. The functional loss
when a muscle ap is used for reconstruction in
ambulatory patients must be considered.
Fasciocutaneous aps protect the muscle and
function and allow the muscle to be used for
reconstruction if needed in the future [95].
Cushing and Phillips have listed the ap
options that can be used to reconstruct common
pressure ulcers [93]. Gluteus muscle ap or myocutaneous ap may be designed as advancement,
rotation, or island ap. Split gluteus muscle ap
(based on superior or inferior gluteal artery),
V-to-Y rectus femoris ap, other hamstring
advancement aps, and gracilis ap are options
for muscle ap for the reconstruction of ischial
pressure ulcers. In the reconstruction of ischial
pressure ulcers, fasciocutaneous aps such as
tensor fasciae latae and gluteal thigh ap can also
be used. Gluteal aps (fasciocutaneous, muscle
only, musculocutaneous, split, or perforator) are
the mainstay of reconstruction for sacral pressure
ulcers. The other alternatives are transverse and
vertical lumbosacral aps. The rst choice for the
reconstruction of trochanteric pressure sore is the
tensor fascia lata perforator ap. The other reliable options are vastus lateralis, rectus femoris,
and gluteal thigh aps.
At the time of admission, 30–70% of patients
have more than one pressure sore [96, 97], and
recurrence rates reach up to 56% after wound
closure [98, 99]. There are numerous options for
local and regional aps for the treatment of primary pressure sores in the pelvic region. Closing
the recurrent pressure sores may usually be possible by using these options or even by reusing
previous aps. However, in some cases, all the
regional aps may have been used; reconstruction with free aps may be considered in such
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lleted lower leg myocutaneous free ap to
reconstruct three large pressure sores in a patient
and showed that free aps could be used for pressure ulcer reconstruction in rare indications
[100]. After this rst case, the same group used
the latissimus muscle free ap for pressure ulcer
reconstruction [101]. For pressure ulcer reconstruction, fasciocutaneous free aps such as lateral thigh ap, medial plantar ap, parascapular
ap [102], latissimus dorsi muscle-splitting free
ap [103], and free perforator aps such as ALT
and TDAP [104] were also used.
42.4 Conclusion
Chronic wounds are serious health issues for
patients that cause morbidity and sometimes even
mortality; however, with appropriate wound care
following the basic principles of wound healing,
it is possible to close most chronic wounds without requiring surgical interventions. Nevertheless,
there may be ulcers complicated for various reasons, and closure of these complex wounds is
possible with surgery. For the closure of complicated wounds, there are always advanced reconstruction options available in plastic surgery,
including complex free tissue transfers with
microsurgery and super microsurgery. In complex defects and ulcers, a combination of general
surgery, chest surgery, orthopedic surgery, vascular surgery, and medical treatment may be necessary in addition to various technologies such as
vacuum-assisted wound closure systems, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, tissue expanders, vascular
cable aps and lymphatic cable ap, endovascular surgery, etc.
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