Free Flap Surgery
Last modified: 29 October 2022, 10:37:51 AM AEDT
Gems1 / 4
- Priority = flap survival
Technique / description2 / 4
- Flap location
- Lat dorsi muscle
- Biggest flap
- Largest muscle in body and minimal functional deficit
- A = Thoracodorsal A via subscapular A
- ALT = Anterolateral Thigh
- A = Lateral femoral circumflex artery
- Forearm flap
- A = Radial A
- Lat dorsi muscle
Anaesthetic considerations3 / 4
- Pre-op
- Intra-op
- Vasopressor
- To counteract venodilation
- NAd acceptable
- Max = 0.1 mcg/kg/hr = 40 mcg/hr
- Vasopressor
- Post-op