Abdominal function and appearance of patients after repairing the extensive skin and soft tissue defects in the limbs with two types of lower abdominal tissue flaps

Wu Lei; Ding Yingzhuang; Hao Minru; Gao Xiang

doi:10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20230428-00145

Volume 39 Issue 10

Oct. 2023

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Wu L,Ding YZ,Hao MR,et al.Abdominal function and appearance of patients after repairing the extensive skin and soft tissue defects in the limbs with two types of lower abdominal tissue flaps[J].Chin J Burns Wounds,2023,39(10):959-967.DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20230428-00145.

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Abdominal function and appearance of patients after repairing the extensive skin and soft tissue defects in the limbs with two types of lower abdominal tissue flaps

doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20230428-00145

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Department of Bone Hand Microsurgery, Shandong Wendeng Orthopedic Hospital, Wendeng 264400, China
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Department of Limb Trauma, Shandong Wendeng Orthopedic Hospital, Wendeng 264400, China
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Department of Anesthesiology, Shandong Wendeng Orthopedic Hospital, Wendeng 264400, China
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Department of Trauma Rehabilitation, Shandong Wendeng Orthopedic Hospital, Wendeng 264400, China

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Corresponding author: Gao Xiang, Email: 776454551@qq.com
Received Date: 2023-04-28

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Objective To study the abdominal function and appearance of patients after repairing the extensive skin and soft tissue defects in the limbs with two types of lower abdominal tissue flaps. Methods A retrospective clinical controlled study was conducted. From June 2016 to October 2022, 17 patients with extensive skin and soft tissue defects in the limbs who met the inclusion criteria were admitted to the Department of Bone Hand Microsurgery of Shandong Wendeng Orthopedic Hospital, including 2 males and 15 females, aged 21-60 years, with a defect ranging from 15.0 cm×10.0 cm to 23.0 cm×15.0 cm. According to the applied repair method, the patients were divided into deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap group (9 cases) with the defect wound being repaired by the DIEP flap and muscle sparing transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (MS-TRAM) flap group (8 cases) with the defect wound being repaired by the MS-TRAM flap. On post surgery day (PSD) 1, 3, 5, 7, and 14, the blood supply of the tissue flaps was evaluated using a self-made tissue flap blood supply evaluation scale. At 12 months after surgery, the patients' satisfaction with the efficacy of tissue flap repair was evaluated using the satisfaction score standard for flap efficacy. Before surgery and at 3 and 12 months after surgery, a self-made abdominal wall strength evaluation scale was used to evaluate the strength of abdominal wall. At 12 months after surgery, a self-made abdominal appearance evaluation scale was used to evaluate the condition of abdominal scars, degree of abdominal symmetry, the appearance and restoration of umbilicus, abdominal protrusion during dressing, and formation of folds on both sides of the abdomen. Data were statistically analyzed with analysis of variance for repeated measurement, independent sample t test, paired sample t test, and Fisher's exact probability test. Results On PSD 1, 3, 5, 7, and 14, there was no significant change in the blood supply score of tissue flaps of patients in the two groups, and there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups ( P>0.05). At 12 months after surgery, the satisfaction ratio of patients in DIEP flap group with tissue flap repair efficacy was 8/9, which was close to 7/8 in MS-TRAM flap group ( P>0.05). The preoperative abdominal wall strength of patients between the two groups was similar ( P>0.05), while the abdominal wall strength of patients in DIEP flap group was significantly stronger than that in MS-TRAM flap group at 3 and 12 months after surgery (with t values of 3.09 and 3.02, respectively, P<0.05). Compared with the preoperative strength within each group, the abdominal wall strength of patients in DIEP flap group at 3 months after surgery and in MS-TRAM flap group at 3 and 12 months after surgery decreased significantly (with t values of 6.04, 9.71, and 2.91, respectively, P<0.05), which did not change significantly in DIEP flap group at 12 months after surgery ( P>0.05). At 12 months after surgery, the scores of abdominal scars, degree of abdominal symmetry, the appearance and restoration of umbilicus, abdominal protrusion during dressing, and formation of folds on both sides of the abdomen of patients were similar between the two groups ( P>0.05). Conclusions Free transplantation of DIEP flap and MS-TRAM flap to repair the extensive skin and soft tissue defects in the limbs can achieve good repair results, including good blood supply of tissue flap and abdominal shape, and the patients' high degree of satisfaction with the efficacy of tissue flap repair. However, DIEP flap is superior to MS-TRAM flap in terms of long-term postoperative abdominal wall strength recovery, showing a broader prospect of application.
- Wounds and injuries,
- Surgical flaps,
- Extremities,
- Patient satisfaction,
- Deep inferior epigastric perforator flap,
- Muscle sparing transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap,
- Function of abdomen,
- Wound repair

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