Annals of Plastic Surgery · 2010 · 33 citations · 7 references
MedicinePlastic SurgerySurgeryReconstructive SurgeryWound HealingBreast ReconstructionFlap ReconstructionFlap SalvageFlap SurgeryFree Flap ReconstructionSkin GraftingAxillary Contracture ReconstructionFlapsMyocutaneous Flap ReconstructionPedicled FlapsTransposition Flap ReconstructionTransposition FlapsWide ExcisionWide Resection
In our series, 15 patients underwent 21 procedures for wide resection of axillary hidradenitis with coverage by posteriorly based Limberg transposition flaps. Twenty flaps (95%) healed without axillary contracture. One failed flap required skin graft coverage. Transposition flap coverage in these patients was a reliable, single-stage reconstruction allowing prompt arm movement.
7
Surgical treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa: A 10-year experience
Richard J. Kagan, Kevin P. Yakuboff, Petra Warner et al. · Surgery · 2005 · 126 citations