Abstract
Objective: To assess safety of Reverse Flow Posterior Interosseous Artery Flap in wrist and hand reconstruction regarding its
complications.
Study Design: Descriptive longitudinal study
Place and Duration: Department of Plastic surgery and Burn Centre, Nishtar Medical University, Multan, 1st July 2016 to 30th June
2018.
Methodology: Total 70 patients from both sex were included after taking Informed consent. The reverse flow PIA flap was performed
under general anesthesia. The donor site was closed by using a partial thickness graft of skin from thigh. All patients were discharged
after seven days. In next twenty one days patients were followed on weekly basis. At each follow-up, any complications like Flap
necrosis, Infection, seroma or hematoma and poor aesthetic outcome of flap and donor site were examined.
Results: In this series out of 70 cases complete flap survival were noted in 84.28% patients, in 1.4% patient there was marginal loss.
Partial loss of PIA flaps in 11.4% cases and there was complete PIA flap loss in 2.85% patients. Infection was noted in 7.1% patient,
Seroma in 2.85%, hematoma in 4.3%, Congestion in 7.1%. In 7.1% patients there was graft loss; whereas 8.6% developed aesthetic
problem (contour irregularity) of the donor-site during the early postoperative period. Rest of 84.3% patients had no donor-site
complications.
Conclusion: The Posterior Interosseous Artery (PIA) flap has very few post-operative complications when used for the coverage of the
wounds of the wrist and hand.
Arif Baig Mirza, Ijaz Hussain Shah, Muhammad Hussain, Muhammad Bilal Saeed, Ahmad Ali, Naheed Ahmed. (2019) Reverse flow posterior interosseous artery flap: A safe technique for reconstruction of wrist and hand defects, Isra Medical Journal, Volume 11, issue 6.
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