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Ann Plast Surg ; 61(3): 247-51, 2008 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18724121

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A prospective clinical study was conducted to evaluate the impact of upper cervicothoracic sympathetic block (CTGB) on blood supply of the unipedicled transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap. The use of the technique is first reported herein, as a manipulation improving arterial blood flow within the flap in high-risk patients, thus reducing postoperative morbidity. From March 2003 to September 2006, 28 heavy smokers, who underwent delayed breast reconstruction with unipedicled TRAM flap, were included in the study. Intraoperative upper cervicothoracic block (ganglia C5,6,7 and T1,2) was performed in 16 patients (group A), while 12 patients, who did not consent to have the blockade (group B), were the control. Clinical evaluation and thermographic monitoring of skin temperature, using the Thermacam A40 (FLIR systems, Wilsonville, OR), was used in all patients and determined the blood flow within the flap. All patients were monitored for early and late complications. In all group A patients, CTGB resulted in TRAM flap temperature increase within 9.5 to 16 min. Flap temperature elevation was found to be significantly higher (P < 0.001) and hospital stay was significantly shorter (P = 0.004) in group A patients. No CTGB or TRAM flap complications were recorded in group A patients. However, in group B, major fat necrosis occurred in 2 patients and partial (1/3) flap necrosis in 1 patient. Upper cervicothoracic sympathetic block is a reliable, safe, and useful technique for increasing blood flow within TRAM flaps in high-risk patients, like heavy smokers, and it minimizes postoperative morbidity.


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Bloqueo Nervioso Autónomo , Mamoplastia/métodos , Colgajos Quirúrgicos/irrigación sanguínea , Adulto , Análisis de Varianza , Necrosis Grasa/epidemiología , Necrosis Grasa/etiología , Humanos , Tiempo de Internación , Mamoplastia/estadística & datos numéricos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Prospectivos , Temperatura Cutánea , Fumar/epidemiología , Colgajos Quirúrgicos/efectos adversos , Termografía/economía
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Burns ; 44(1): 226-229, 2018 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28789802

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INTRODUCTION: This is a retrospective study of the hospital data and autopsy reports of burn patients who died in the Burn Unit of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery and Burn Center of "G. Gennimatas" Hospital of Athens, Greece during the period 1999-2005. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The records of the burn victims deceased during the period 1999-2005 were reviewed and the cause of injury, percentage of body surface area (BSA) burned, age, gender, and co-morbidities were documented. Moreover, the autopsy findings per system were recorded and compared to clinical reports to analyze any inconsistencies. RESULTS: Between 1999 and 2005, 368 patients were hospitalized in the Burn Unit of "G. Gennimatas" Hospital of Athens, Greece. One-hundred and twenty-nine patients died. The first three causes of death in autopsy reports were: pneumonia (30 patients), myocardial infarction (17 cases) and multiple organ failure (15 patients). Three patients had class I diagnostic discrepancies, 5 patients had class II diagnostic discrepancies and minor diagnostic errors (class III and IV) were documented in 20 patients. CONCLUSIONS: Although the percentage of discrepancies of premortem compared to postmortem diagnosis in this series of deceased burn patients is small (2.3%), we believe that it is sufficient to justify the performance of autopsies.


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Unidades de Quemados/estadística & datos numéricos , Quemaduras/diagnóstico , Quemaduras/mortalidad , Causas de Muerte , Errores Diagnósticos/estadística & datos numéricos , Adulto , Autopsia/estadística & datos numéricos , Quemaduras/complicaciones , Enfermedad Crítica/clasificación , Femenino , Grecia/epidemiología , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Insuficiencia Multiorgánica/mortalidad , Insuficiencia Multiorgánica/patología , Infarto del Miocardio/etiología , Infarto del Miocardio/mortalidad , Neumonía/etiología , Neumonía/mortalidad , Estudios Retrospectivos
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