Annals of plastic surgery
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Annals of plastic surgery · Aug 2021
Versatility of the Peroneal Perforator Propeller Sural Flap for Various Types of Injuries in the Ankle and Foot Regions.
The goals of soft tissue reconstruction in the distal lower extremities are to provide a functional limb and to help patients return to a normal life with the capability of wearing shoes or boots. A peroneal perforator propeller sural flap is a combination of a sural flap and a peroneal propeller perforator flap. This article presents the versatility of this flap in the foot and ankle regions. ⋯ The peroneal perforator propeller sural flap can be harvested as a sensory flap with sural nerve coaptation, a passing-through- style, an interpolation style, an extended style, or as a component of double perforator flaps. This type of flap provides various options in the challenging field of reconstructive surgery.
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Annals of plastic surgery · Aug 2021
State of Microsurgery Training in 2020: Survey of Hand Surgery Fellowship Program Directors.
Given the current national conundrum of decreasing microsurgery case volume performed by hand surgery fellows despite interest, program directors were surveyed to evaluate opinions of exposure gaps in training and to determine the current state of microsurgery training in 2020. ⋯ In 2020, most hand surgery fellowship program directors highly value and prioritize microsurgery exposure for their hand surgery fellows' education despite the decrease in case volume for hand surgery fellows.