Reverse lateral upper arm flaps for treating large soft tissue defects extending from the elbow to the forearm

Hideki Okamoto; Yohei Kawaguchi; Shinji Miwa; Hisaki Aiba; Hiroya Senda; Satona Murakami; Kazuo Hayakawa; Yuji Joyo; Hideki Murakami; Hiroaki Kimura

doi:10.1080/23320885.2022.2076683

Reverse lateral upper arm flaps for treating large soft tissue defects extending from the elbow to the forearm

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2022 May 19;9(1):145-150. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2022.2076683. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya City, Japan.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa City, Japan.
³ Department of Rehabilitation, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya City, Japan.

Abstract

In this study, we report three cases wherein reverse lateral upper arm flaps were used to treat very large tissue defects extending from the elbow to the forearm. The flap sizes were 19 × 6.5 cm, 20 × 7 cm, and 17 × 7 cm. All flaps survived and elbow motion recovered sufficiently.

Keywords: Large soft tissue defect; elbow; reverse lateral upper arm flap; trauma; tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports