Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to K G Shah.
Seven patients underwent free groin flap transfer to the first web space, palm, wrist or elbow. Six of the seven were successful. The seventh developed acute venous occlusion and superficial necrosis of part of the flap, receiving split thickness skin grafts to salvage the dermal portion. Transfer is offered as an alternative to more conventional flaps for coverage of defects of the upper extremity.
In microvascular replantation and transplantation surgery, vascular repairs must be performed on undamaged vessels without tension. Meticulous inspection under the microscope will enable the microsurgeon to delineate th proper level of vascular débridement. The resultant defect, be it 2 or 20cm in length, can then be bridged with autogenous microvascular grafts. Forty-one microvascular grafts have been used on 17 patients, with survival of all but one transplant and replant.