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ArticleEplasty2024

Prophylactic Muscle Free Flap for Total Ankle Arthroplasty With Vascular Risk Factors.

Sofia E Olsson, Arman J Fijany, Michael W Downey, Maxim Pekarev

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Article in Eplasty, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sofia E OlssonAnne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas.
Arman J FijanyVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Michael W DowneyPrecision Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, Fort Worth, Texas.
Maxim PekarevMP Plastic Surgery, Fort Worth, Texas.
Texas Christian University · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) is a treatment for ankle arthritis that preserves the joint's mobility. Conditions causing poor peripheral blood flow are contraindications for TAA. A 63-year-old man with posttraumatic ankle osteoarthritis who was considered high-risk for TAA due to obesity, history of trauma, tobacco usage, chronic venous stasis, lymphedema, and hypertension subsequently underwent TAA followed by a prophylactic muscle free flap to improve peripheral blood flow and soft tissue integrity. He recovered with no pain and excellent ankle mobility. This case highlights the potential usage of prophylactic muscle free flaps to mitigate vascular risk factors in high-risk patients undergoing TAA.

Indexed as

Free FlapMuscle FlapSoft Tissue ReconstructionTotal Ankle ArthroplastyVascular Risk Factors

Identifiers

PMID38234676
PMCPMC10790136
OpenAlexW4390988918

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