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Principles of Plastic Surgery Flashcards

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What is the definition of orthoplastics and microsurgery?

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principles and practices of both specialists applied to a clinical problem either by a single provider or team of providers working in concert for the benefit of the patient

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what is the stepwise approach of wound coverage?

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direct closure->grafts->local flaps->distant flaps->tissue transfer

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Where are the resting skin tension lines in the axis of muscles/tendons and joints

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perpendicular to the long axis of muscles and tendons

parallel to the axis of joints at the level of the joints

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Where is the ideal incision placed in relation to the RSTL

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parallel

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what does closing a surgical incision in layers do?

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takes tension off the wound edges-dont make too many layers though to avoid tissue fibrosis etc

-leads to dec rate of deshicence and a prettier scar

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what is the 3:1 rule?

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the length to width ratio for which skin is able to be mobilized is 3:1.

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what is apligraf made from?

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human neonatal foreskin

  • epidermal layer=human keratinocytes
  • dermal layer: human fibroblasts in bovine type 1 collagen lattice
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what does apligraf contain?

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matrix proteins, cytokines

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When do you use apligraf?

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venous leg ulcers, diabetic ulcers,non-healed for 1 month for ulcers that havn’t responded to care

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contraindications of apligraf?

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infected wounds, exposed tendon or bone, allergy to bovine collagen or sensitivity to apligraf

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how do you apply apligraph?

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  • debride wound
  • saline
  • fenestrate with 11 blade
  • apply
  • add dressing
  • compression if needed
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what is dermagraft?

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cryopreserved human fibroblast derived dermal substitute

  • single layer
  • 6months shelf life
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when do you use dermagraft

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diabetic ulcers-full thickness, >6 weeks in duration

-venous leg ulcers

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contraindications of dermagraft?

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-infected wounds, exposed tendon or bone, sinus tracts, allergy or sensitivity

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how to apply dermagraft?

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  • thawed from freezer
  • debride
  • apply
  • apply non occlusive dressing (no petroleum)
  • apply dressing
  • offload pt
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what is oasis?

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  • porcine submucosa
  • 3d lattice scaffold
  • not living tissue
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indications of oasis?

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chronic ulcerations
trauma
pvd
decubitus ulcerations

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contraindications of oasis

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infected wound
exposed tendon or bone
sensitivity/allergy to porcine

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how to apply oasis

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adequate wound debridement

  • apply oasis
  • saline
  • dressing to keep moist

do not debride between applications

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What is integra?

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  • bilayer wound care product
  • bovine collagen and silicone
  • semi-permeable silicone membrane
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indications of integra?

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  • exposed tendon or bone

- diabetic, traumatic, vascular, venous, partial thickness, full thickness

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contraindications of integra?

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exposed wound, known hypersensitivity to product

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what is the most commonly used free grafted tissue?

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split thickness skin graft (STSG)

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what type of STSG is this?

  • excellent host incorporation
  • contracts the most
  • greatest change for hypopigmentation
  • most susceptible to trauma
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Thin graft .008 - .012

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what type of STSG is this?

  • less contracture
  • more durable
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Intermediate graft (0.012 - 0.016)

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what type of stsg is this?

  • less chance of incorporation-greater tissue demands
  • durability and contraction are much improved
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thick graft (0.016-0.020)

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what type of stsg is this?

  • placed through mesher-fenestrates the tissue
  • expands to allow greater tissue coverage
  • prevents seroma and hematoma from collecting beneath the graft
  • interposed spaced heal by epithelial migration from the surrounding graft tissue
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Meshed grafts

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what is the difference between stsg and full thickness skin grafts?

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-FTSG involves dermis AND portion of superficial fascia

29
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when is FTSG indicated?

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-coverage in WB area of flexion points

30
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what are the donor sites of ftsg?

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  • popiteal fossa, inguinal fossa

- pedal donor sites: medial arch; sinus tarsi

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advantages of ftsg?

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permanent coverage, simple, low risk, can be applied to almost any area of the body

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disadvantages of ftsg?

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inc failure rate over tendon and bone, graft contracture, inc failure rate, infection, non healing donor site

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What are the stages of skin graft healing?

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  • Plasmotic stage
  • Inosculation stage
  • Re-organization stage
  • Re-innervation stage
34
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What stage of skin graft healing is this?

  • occurs 24-48 hrs following graft application
  • a fibrin layer is formed between the graft and host bed which serves to anchor and allow diffusion of nutrients to the graft
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plasmotic

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What stage of skin graft healing is this?

  • begins at 48 hrs
  • revascularization of the graft occurs
  • graft will demonstrate a pink hue during this stage
  • lymphatic drainage will be established by the 4th to 5th day
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inoscultation stage

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What stage of skin graft healing is this?

  • continues for months after grafting
  • CT reorganizes and regulates vascular and lymphatic flow
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re-organization stage

37
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What stage of skin graft healing is this?

  • occurs simultaneously with re-organization
  • can take 1-2 yrs to complete
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re-innervation stage

38
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What are some reasons for graft failure?

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lack of compression of the graft to the recipient site
-movement/shearing
-infection
seroma/hematoma

39
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-Tissue harvested and applied whithin same individual

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autograft

40
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-tissue transferred between individuals of the same species

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allograft/homograft

41
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tissue harvested and applied within a set of identical twins

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isografts

42
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tissue transferred between different species

-function as biologic dressing and never incorporates into the host’s tissues

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xenografts

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what is a threedimensional anatomic unit of tissue fed by a source artery

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angiosome

44
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these link angiosomes to each other

  • demarcate each angiosome
  • provide indirect collateral flow
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Choke vessels

45
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what arteries make up the posterior tibial artery angiosomes

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medial calcaneal

lateral and medial plantar

46
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are incisions placed perpendicular to the joint to avoid scar contracture impeding mobility?

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yes

47
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DO skin flaps maintain vascular supply?

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yes

48
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what are the indications of skin flap use?

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coverage for areas of poor vascularity

  • reconstruction of full thickness deficits
  • padding over boney prominences
  • coverage of areas requiring operation at later date
  • restoration of sensation to the area
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What is the flap of a skin flap

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-tongue of the tissue

50
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what is the pedicle of a skin flap

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-base or stem of the tissue

51
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  • derive blood supply from cutaneous dermal-subdermal plexus
  • no axial arteries
  • limited based on dimensions
  • pedical must be wide enough to support the flap
  • base should be at lease as wide as the flap is long
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-random pattern cutaneous flap

52
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  • derive blood supply from cutaneous artery
  • survival of these flaps are dependent on the dimensions of the artery and the length of the territory of the artery not on the width of the pedicle
  • island flaps-no skin bridge
  • free flaps; transferred from distant site
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axial pattern-arterial flaps

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  • adjacent to the deficit
  • either rotate on a pivot point or are advanced forward form their base to cover a defect
  • include epidermis, dermis and subq tissue
  • donor site is either closed primarily or skin grafted
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local flaps

54
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  • flaps that rotate on a pivot point
  • pivot about pedicle
  • includes skin and subq tissue
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rotational flaps

55
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  • rotate on pivot point
  • usually rectangular or square with rounded edges
  • movement is in an arc and can be rotated as much as 90 degrees
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transposition flap

56
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-rotate on a pivot point when defect has a rhomboid shape

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limberg flap

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