VRAM-pedicled island flap for the coverage of an exposed prosthetic vascular graft in the suprapubic area

C Rubino; M Faenza; N Campitiello; G Fornino; F Santanelli di Pompeo; G C Accarino

doi:10.1080/23320885.2016.1209079

VRAM-pedicled island flap for the coverage of an exposed prosthetic vascular graft in the suprapubic area

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2016 Jul 18;3(1):59-61. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2016.1209079. eCollection 2016.

Authors

C Rubino¹, M Faenza², N Campitiello², G Fornino³, F Santanelli di Pompeo⁴, G C Accarino³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno , Baronissi , Italy.
² PhD School, University of Salerno , Salerno , Italy.
³ Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'Aragona , Salerno , Italy.
⁴ Plastic Surgery Department, Sant'Andrea Hospital, School of Medicine and Psychology, 'Sapienza' University of Rome , Rome , Italy.

Abstract

The exposure of prosthetic vascular graft is a dangerous complication in revascularization procedures. In this case report, we describe a successful coverage of an exposed prosthetic femorofemoral vascular graft in the suprapubic area, with a vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous (VRAM) island flap.

Keywords: VRAM flap; femorofemoral bypass; suprapubic defect.

Publication types

Case Reports