Clinical Experience With a Tensor Fasciae Latae Perforator Flap Based on Septocutaneous Perforators

Medical University of Graz14 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the possible harvest of a tensor fasciae latae flap based on septocutaneous perforators.This study should further confirm our data from an anatomical study concerning location, distribution, diameter and differentiation of the perforators.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Soft Tissue Defect

Interventions

septocutaneous perforator flapOTHER

Perforator flaps can be based on septocutaneous or musculocutaneous perforators. If septocutaneous perforators are present, the harvest of these flaps is more straight forward and the dissection of the pedicle is easy.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 16 YearsMax age: 71 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * soft tissue defect * no previous operations in the thigh region Exclusion Criteria: * obese patients

Locations (1)

Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery

Graz, Austria

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Confirmation of the anatomical data in the clinical trial

Since the purpose of this study was to confirm our anatomical data in a clinical trial, the location, the differentiation and the diameter of the septocutaneous perforators has been measured and recorded during flap elevation.

Time frame: January 2008 till may 2010

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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