The application of subdermal vascular network skin flap (SVN flap) with axial-pattern of artery for skin and soft tissues defects on the extremities of 39 cases was reported. The tyes of flaps included:SVN direct cutaneous artery skin flap in 23 eases, SVN island skin flap in 13 eases, and vaseularized SVN skin flap in 3 cases, All flaps were survived except in one ease of vaseularized SVN skin flap failed. The patients were followed for 6 months to 1 year after operation, the grafted areas showed good looking, no hypertrophy of scar tissue, and normal texture. This type of flap had the advantages of axial-pattern skin flap and that of the SVN skin flap as well, and could be widely applied in the clinical fields.
Citation： Situ Pu,Chen Bohua,Xiao Nengkan,et al. ABSTRACTS APPLICATION OF SUBDERMAL VASCULAR NETWORK SKIN FLAP (SVN FLAP) WITH AXIAL-PATTERN OF ARTERY IN THE TREATMENT OF TRAUMA AND RECONSTRUCTION. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 1994, 8(3): 164-147. doi: Copy