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    Microsurgery: Volume 44, Issue 1

    January 2024
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Thomas Giesen MD,  Francesco Costa MD,  Elmar Fritsche MD, 
  • First Published: 08 February 2024
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The cover image is based on the Case Report Complex reconstruction of the clavicle with a prefabricated medial femur condyle chimeric flap including a superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator flap: A case report by Thomas Giesen MD et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.31108.

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  • First Published: 10 January 2024

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Sentinel node restoration by vascularized lymph node transfer in mice

Erika G. Kusajima PhD,  Yuhei Yamamoto PhD,  Kosuke Ishikawa PhD,  Takahiro Miura PhD,  Emi Funayama PhD,  Masayuki Osawa PhD,  Ryo Takagi PhD,  Taku Maeda PhD, 
  • First Published: 02 November 2022

CASE REPORTS

Intra-lymphocele microsurgical identification of causative afferent vessels for effective lymphaticovenular anastomosis in lymphocele treatment: A case report

Kohei Mitsui MD,  Mitsunaga Narushima MD,  Kanako Danno MD,  Ryohei Ishiura MD,  Chihena H. Banda MD, 
  • First Published: 26 December 2022

CLINICAL ARTICLES

Concurrent management of lymphedema and breast reconstruction with single-stage omental vascularized lymph node transfer and autologous breast reconstruction: A case series

Jiwon S. Crowley MD,  Farrah C. Liu MD,  Nada M. Rizk BS,  Dung Nguyen MD, 
  • First Published: 08 February 2023

Immediate sciatic nerve reconstruction using an ipsilateral common peroneal nerve graft at the time of sarcoma resection

M. Hanada M.D, PhD,  H. Kadota MD, PhD,  T. Fujiwara MD, PhD,  N. Setsu MD, PhD,  M. Endo MD, PhD,  Y. Matsumoto MD, PhD,  Y. Nakashima MD, PhD, 
  • First Published: 13 March 2023

Free peroneal artery perforator flap for reconstruction of traumatic limb soft tissue defects: A retrospective case series study

Jia-lin Song MD,  Bing-bo Bao MD,  Chen Chen MD,  Yun Qian MD,  Xian-You Zheng MD, 
  • First Published: 31 March 2023

The use of a skin paddle-containing vein graft for arteriovenous looping in two-stage free flap reconstruction of lower extremities

Chun-Yee Ho MD,  Tyng-Luen Roan MD,  Chi-Ying Hsieh MD,  Yen-Chen Yu MD,  Yo-Shen Chen MD, 
  • First Published: 03 April 2023

Nipple-areola-complex preservation and obesity—Successful in stages

Lauren Daly MD,  Jacqueline Tsai MD,  Kim Stone MD,  Irene Wapnir MD,  Mardi Karin MD,  Derrick Wan MD,  Arash Momeni MD, 
  • First Published: 03 April 2023

CASE REPORTS

Pedicled double-paddle conjoined medial sural artery perforator flap for popliteal defect coverage after skin tumor excision: A case report

Caroline Fritz MD,  Matteo Meroni MD,  Mario F. Scaglioni MD, 
  • First Published: 06 April 2023

CLINICAL ARTICLES

Small flaps in microsurgical breast reconstruction: Selection between the profunda artery perforator and small deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flaps and associated outcomes and complications

Siew-Yoek Chan MD,  Wen-Ling Kuo MD, PhD,  David Chon-Fok Cheong MD,  Frank Chun-Shin Chang MD, PhD,  Jung-Ju Huang MD, FACS, 
  • First Published: 10 April 2023

Reversed distal laterodigital adipofascial flap for nail-bed reconstruction

Pietro F. Delle Femmine MD,  Edoardo Bruno MD,  Daniele Tosi MD,  Gaetano Musumarra MD,  Federico Amadei MD,  Diego Ribuffo MD,  Massimo Del Bene MD, 
  • First Published: 12 April 2023

Outcomes of patients in rural communities undergoing autologous breast reconstruction: A comparison of cost and patient demographics with implications for rural health policy

Allan A. Weidman BS,  Erin Kim BA,  Lauren Valentine BS,  Jose Foppiani MUDr,  Angelica Hernandez Alvarez MD,  Valeria P. Bustos MD,  Bernard T. Lee MD, MBA, MPH,  Samuel J. Lin MD, MBA, 
  • First Published: 24 April 2023

Orthoplastic limb reconstruction using free fibula flap after trauma: Outcomes from a retrospective European multicenter study

Pietro G. Di Summa MD,  Camille de Schoulepnikoff MD,  David Guillier MD,  Emanuele Cigna MD,  Lucian P. Jiga MD,  Zaher Jandali MD,  Daniele Vezza MD,  Francesco Giacalone MD,  Davide Ciclamini MD,  Bruno Battiston MD,  Rossella Elia MD,  Michele Maruccia MD, 
  • First Published: 12 May 2023

CASE REPORTS

Open Access

Treatment of Freiberg's disease using a reverse pedicled metatarsal bone flap: Case report

Francisco Soldado MD, PhD,  Felipe Moreira Borim MD,  Jorge Knörr MD, PhD, 
  • First Published: 16 May 2023

Reconstruction of finger contracture with an expanded first dorsal metacarpal artery perforator flap: A case report

Burak Özkan MD, FEBOPRAS,  Burak Ergün Tatar MD,  Süleyman Savran MD,  Abbas Albayati MD,  Cagri Ahmet Uysal MD, PhD, FACS, 
  • First Published: 18 May 2023

CLINICAL ARTICLES

Free-style propeller ulnar artery perforator flaps for radial forearm flap donor site repair

Andrea Marchesi MD,  Arianna Gatto MD,  Erica M. Cavalli MD,  Massimo Del Bene MD, 
  • First Published: 13 June 2023

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in lower extremity free tissue transfers

Conner J. McMains MD,  Tara L. Mather MD,  Karri A. Adamson MD,  Robert Whitfield MD,  Erin L. Doren MD, MPH,  Patrick C. Hettinger MD,  John A. LoGiudice MD, 
  • First Published: 20 June 2023

REVIEW ARTICLES

Open Access

Supermicrosurgery with perforator-to-perforator anastomoses for lower limb reconstructions – A systematic review and meta-analysis

Federico Lo Torto MD, PhD,  Guido Firmani MD,  Luca Patanè MD,  Gianmarco Turriziani MD,  Arianna Di Rocco MD,  Annarita Vestri PhD,  Diego Ribuffo MD, PhD, 
  • First Published: 02 July 2023

CLINICAL ARTICLES

The use of double free flaps with intra-flap anastomosis for complex defects reconstruction

Justyna Tartanus MD,  Matteo Meroni MD,  Mario F. Scaglioni MD, 
  • First Published: 03 July 2023

Free tissue transfer using bidirectional recipient veins in traumatic extremity reconstruction

Hyun Sik Park MD,  Bo Young Park MD, PhD, 
  • First Published: 10 July 2023

RESEARCH ARTICLES

The impact of post-mastectomy radiation timing on overall outcomes of autologous free-flap breast reconstruction

Nisha Parmeshwar MD,  Laura Barnes MD,  Deborah Martins MD,  Catherine Nicholas BS,  Merisa Piper MD, 
  • First Published: 19 July 2023

Non degradation of chitosan and initial degradation of collagen nerve conduits used for protection of nerve coaptations

Susanne Rein MD,  Ralf Schober MD,  Julian Poetschke MD,  Thomas Kremer MD, 
  • First Published: 21 July 2023

CLINICAL ARTICLES

Open Access

DIEP flap perfusion assessment using microdialysis versus Doppler ultrasonography: A comparative study

Michail Sorotos MD, PhD,  Guido Firmani MD,  Roberta Tornambene MD,  Domenico Marrella MD,  Guido Paolini MD, PhD,  Fabio Santanelli di Pompeo MD, PhD, 
  • First Published: 03 August 2023

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Educational quality of YouTube content on brachial plexus injury and treatment

Dhruv Mendiratta BS,  Daniel F. Liggio BS,  Michael F. Levidy BS,  Jasmine Mahajan BS,  Alice Chu MD,  Aleksandra McGrath MD, PhD, 
  • First Published: 14 August 2023

CLINICAL ARTICLES

Open Access

Perioperative anticoagulation in head and neck free flap reconstructions: Experience of an anticoagulative scheme and its modification

Florian D. Grill PD Dr. med. Dr. med. dent.,  Lisa Pilstl Dr Med Dent. med. dent.,  Lucas M. Ritschl PD Dr. med. Dr. med. dent.,  Achim von Bomhard PD Dr. med. Dr. med. dent.,  Herbert Stimmer Dr. med.,  Andreas Kolk Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. dent.,  Denys J. Loeffelbein PD Dr. med. Dr. med. dent.,  Klaus-Dietrich Wolff Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. dent.,  Thomas Mücke PD Dr. med. Dr. med. dent.,  Andreas M. Fichter PD Dr. med. Dr. med. dent., 
  • First Published: 21 August 2023

CASE REPORTS

Inverted gracilis muscle free flap with intraoral vascular anastomoses for facial reanimation in vessel depleted neck: A case report

Davide De Cicco MD,  Gian Battista Bottini MD, DMD, MRSCEd,  Daniele Lizambri MD,  Alexander Gaggl MD, DMD, 
  • First Published: 24 August 2023

Pedicled circumflex scapular artery perforator flap with intra-axillary tunneling for axillary defect coverage after surgical excision of hidradenitis suppurativa: A case report and literature review

Matteo Meroni MD,  Mario F. Scaglioni MD, 
  • First Published: 25 August 2023

CLINICAL ARTICLES

Latissimus dorsi myocutaneous free flap for post-sacrectomy reconstruction: Outcomes compared with gluteal muscle flap

Dianne Dong Un Lee MD,  Se-Jun Park MD, PhD,  Kyeong-Tae Lee MD, PhD, 
  • First Published: 28 August 2023

CASE REPORTS

Selective nerve transfers to restore shoulder abduction and flexion in acute flaccid myelitis: A case report

Yusha Liu MD, PhD,  Benjamin B. Massenburg MD,  Catherine E. Otten MD,  Marisa B. Osorio DO,  Sarah P. Lewis PT,  Janine Hottovy OT,  Raymond W. Tse MD, 
  • First Published: 30 August 2023

REVIEW ARTICLES

Open Access

Surgical lymphedema models in the mice hindlimb—A systematic review and quality assessment

Amar Bucan MD,  Martin Frendø MD, PhD,  Mikaella Ty Ngo MS,  Jens Ahm Sørensen MD, PhD,  Lisbet Rosenkrantz Hölmich MD, DMSc, 
  • First Published: 04 September 2023

CASE REPORTS

Open Access

Complex reconstruction of the clavicle with a prefabricated medial femur condyle chimeric flap including a superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator flap: A case report

Thomas Giesen MD,  Francesco Costa MD,  Elmar Fritsche MD, 
  • First Published: 05 September 2023

Reconstruction of circumferential fingertip defect using free superficial palmar branch of the radial artery flap: Report of two cases

Ju Hee Kim MD,  Kyeong-Tae Lee MD, PhD, 
  • First Published: 05 September 2023

REVIEW ARTICLES

Utilization of the internal mammary perforators as the recipient vessels for microsurgical breast reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature

Michail Vourvachis MBBS (Lond), DMD, MSc (Hons), MFDSRCS (Eng), MRCSEd,  Mohammad R. Goodarzi MRCS, MBChB, BSc,  Mario F. Scaglioni MD,  Justyna Tartanus MD,  Alex Jones FRCS,  Hsu-Tang Cheng MD,  Mohamed Abdelrahman MBBS, MD, MRCSEd, MRCSI, FEBOPRAS, 
  • First Published: 07 September 2023

CLINICAL ARTICLES

Combined perforator flaps and lymphatic procedures in reconstructions after sarcoma resection

Audrius Poskevicius MD,  Matteo Meroni MD,  Bruno Fuchs MD,  Mario F. Scaglioni MD, 
  • First Published: 24 September 2023

Does supercharging with cross-face nerve graft enhance smile in non-flaccid facial paralysis patients undergoing selective neurectomy?

Tal Kaufman Goldberg MD,  Lauren O. Trzcinski BS,  Elizabeth R. McGonagle BS,  Tessa A. Hadlock MD, 
  • First Published: 29 September 2023

CASE REPORTS

Turbocharging as a strategy to boost extended perforator flap vascularity in head and neck reconstruction—A report of two cases

Savitha Ramachandran MD,  Chao-Wei Chang MD,  Yu-Chi Wang MD,  Chao-Hsin Huang MD,  Khong Yik Chew MD,  Yur-Ren Kuo MD, PhD, FACS, 
  • First Published: 30 September 2023

CLINICAL ARTICLES

Local heating-induced cutaneous vasodilation in reinnervated and noninnervated deep inferior epigastric perforator flaps

Hansje P. Smeele MD,  Lisa Martin MSc,  Sander M. J. van Kuijk PhD,  Pieter R. Zwanenburg MD,  René R. W. J. van der Hulst MD PhD,  Stefania M. H. Tuinder MD PhD,  Bérengère Fromy PhD, 
  • First Published: 03 October 2023

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Evaluation of modulation of immunity by lymph node transfer: A preliminary histological evidence in lymphedema patients

Rossella Elia MD,  Hung-Chi Chen MD,  Gerardo Cazzato MD,  Pietro G. Di Summa MD,  Giuseppe Giudice MD,  Michele Maruccia MD, 
  • First Published: 03 October 2023

CASE REPORTS

Bilateral gluteal reconstruction with deep inferior epigastric perforator flaps and saphenofemoral arteriovenous loops

J. Reed McGraw BS,  Ivan A. Jaimez MD,  Elizabeth Card MD,  Michael Holland MD,  Saïd C. Azoury MD,  Stephen J. Kovach III MD, FACS, 
  • First Published: 05 October 2023

CLINICAL ARTICLES

Open Access

Thigh reconstruction between form and function: An algorithm for flap selection based on a series of 70 oncological patients

Beniamino Brunetti MD, PhD,  Marco Morelli Coppola MD,  Stefania Tenna MD, PhD,  Rosa Salzillo MD,  Valeria Petrucci MD,  Matteo Pazzaglia MD,  Sergio Valeri MD,  Rossana Alloni MD,  Bruno Vincenzi MD, PhD,  Giuseppe Tonini MD, PhD,  Federico Perquoti MD,  Paolo Persichetti MD, PhD, 
  • First Published: 06 October 2023

CASE REPORTS

Combined use of lower medial thigh perforator (LMTP) flap and pedicled medial sural artery perforator flap (MSAP) for lateral knee defects coverage after sarcoma resection: A case report and literature review of soft tissue defect around knee reconstruction

Alice Alban MD,  Matteo Meroni MD,  Bruno Fuchs MD, PhD,  Mario F. Scaglioni MD, 
  • First Published: 13 October 2023

CLINICAL ARTICLES

Supra-arcuate free fascial MS-TRAM, a modified technique to reduce donor site morbidity in obese population-comparative study

Ashraf A. Khalil MSc, MD, MRCS (Eng), F-EBOPRAS,  Omar A. ElSharkawy MD, FEBOPRAS,  Kareem Alsharkawy MSc, MD, MRCS,  Sherif Youssif MSc, MD, MRCS,  Haitham H. Khalil MSc, MD, FRCS (Eng), 
  • First Published: 17 October 2023

Comparisons of the morbidities of a double gastrocnemius flap and a medial gastrocnemius flap in the orthoplastic reconstruction around the knee

Mauro Maniglio MD,  Michele Maruccia MD, PhD,  Marco Morandi MD,  Jérôme Martineau MSc,  Gianluca Sapino MD,  Rossella Elia MD,  Marco Pignatti MD,  Pietro G. di Summa MD, PhD, 
  • First Published: 20 October 2023

Free vascularized bone graft from the lateral epicondylar region of the humerus for treatment of scaphoid nonunion

Nuo Chen MS,  Yuling Wang MS,  Juyu Tang MD, 
  • First Published: 25 October 2023

CASE REPORTS

Open Access

Conjoined thoracodorsal perforator-supercharged dorsal intercostal artery perforator propeller flap for reconstruction of a complex upper back defect: Case report and review of the literature on supercharged pedicled perforator flaps

Beniamino Brunetti MD, PhD,  Rosa Salzillo MD,  Riccardo De Bernardis MD,  Stefania Tenna MD, PhD,  Chiara Camilloni MD,  Paolo Persichetti MD, PhD, 
  • First Published: 25 October 2023

CLINICAL ARTICLES

The evolution of pediatric soft-tissue free flap reconstruction of the lower extremity after oncologic resection: A 30 year experience

Zack Cohen MD,  Ethan Plotsker BA,  Francis Graziano MD,  Peter Cordeiro MD,  Joseph Disa MD,  Babak Mehrara MD,  Nicola Fabbri MD,  Saïd C. Azoury MD,  Farooq Shahzad MBBS, 
  • First Published: 25 October 2023

CASE REPORTS

Open Access

A chimeric medial femoral condyle chondro-osseus flap with two thin periosteal flaps to reconstruct partial necrosis of talar body: A case report

Andreoli Alice Letizia MD,  Tamburello Sara MD,  Bianco Stefano MD,  Francesco Mori MD,  Menichini Giulio MD, 
  • First Published: 08 November 2023

CLINICAL ARTICLES

Comparative study of arterial and venous grafting for pedicle lengthening in head and neck microvascular reconstruction

Chieh-Kai Chang MD,  Cheng-Yeu Wu MD,  Yi-Ling Lin MD,  Chih-Shen Lai MD,  Chen-Te Lu MD, PhD,  Jung-Hsing Yen MD,  I-Chen Chen MD,  Yueh-Chi Tsai MD, 
  • First Published: 11 November 2023

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Technical pearls and pitfalls of the posterior auricular artery free flap in facial reconstruction

Pedro Ciudad MD, PhD,  Steven Kirschbaum-Rubin MD,  Oscar J. Manrique MD, FACS,  Hung-Chi Chen MD, PhD, 
  • First Published: 12 November 2023

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Anatomical study of first palmar intermetacarpal flap in cadavers and application for congenital first web contracture in a child with Apert's syndrome

Francisco Soldado MD, PhD,  Juliana Rojas-Neira MD,  Danilo Rivas-Nicolls MD,  Ricardo Kaempf de Oliveira MD,  Xiao F. Shen MD, 
  • First Published: 12 November 2023

REVIEW ARTICLES

Comparison of the outcomes of split thickness skin graft versus full thickness skin graft for closure of the radial forearm free flap donor site: A systematic review

Camilo Mosquera DDS,  Ashleigh Weyh MD, DMD, MPH,  Michael Malik MD, DDS,  Rui Fernandes MD, DMD,  Anthony Bunnell MD, DMD,  Stacey Nedrud MD, DMD, 
  • First Published: 22 November 2023

CLINICAL ARTICLES

Open Access

Soft tissue reconstruction of the trunk with pedicled perforator and musculocutaneous flaps: A single-center comparative retrospective study

Emanuele Cammarata MD,  Francesca Toia MD, PhD,  Martina Maltese MD,  Matteo Rossi MD, PhD,  Massimiliano Tripoli MD,  Adriana Cordova MD, 
  • First Published: 27 November 2023

Clinical utility of the modified frailty index in predicting adverse outcomes in patients undergoing lower extremity free flap reconstruction

Romina Deldar MD,  Samuel S. Huffman BS,  John D. Bovill BS,  Nisha Gupta MS,  Brian N. Truong BS,  Zoë K. Haffner BS,  Adaah A. Sayyed BS,  Kenneth L. Fan MD,  Karen K. Evans MD, 
  • First Published: 20 December 2023
Open Access

Single-stage versus two-stage bone flap reconstruction in chronic osteomyelitis: Multicenter outcomes comparison

Alice Piccato MD,  Alessandro Crosio MD,  Andrea Antonini MD,  Bruno Battiston MD, PhD,  Paolo Titolo MD,  Pierluigi Tos MD, PhD,  Davide Ciclamini MD, 
  • First Published: 27 December 2023

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Comments on “Revolutionizing patient education: ChatGPT outperforms Google in answering patient queries on free flap reconstruction”

Amnuay Kleebayoon PhD,  Viroj Wiwanitkit MD, 
  • First Published: 27 December 2023