"Estudo anatômico comparativo entre o retalho escapular e o retalho perfurante da artéria toracodorsal" / Comparative anatomical study between the thoracodorsal artery perforator flap and the scapular flap

AUTOR(ES)

Luís Henrique Ishida

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

Indication of the thoracodorsal artery perforator (TAP) flap has been questioned because its characteristics are similar to those of scapular flaps based on the scapular circumflex artery. The scope of this study is to compare the anatomic features of these two flaps, differentiating them for a better indication. Twenty-one pairs of flaps (TAP and scapular) were dissected simultaneously in fresh cadavers. The length of the pedicles, thickness of the arteries and veins of the pedicles, and the thickness of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue of the flaps were assessed and compared. The position of the pedicles of both flaps was evaluated. The average length of the TAP flap pedicle was 16.95 cm, and it was 50% longer than the scapular flap (p<0.05). The mean thickness of the dermis was 2.12 mm and of the subcutaneous tissue 1.37 cm, respectively 42% and 28% thinner than the scapular flaps (p<0.05). No significant difference was evident between the thicknesses of the pedicles. The TAP arterial pedicle was 3.14 mm and the venous one 3.03 mm. The scapular flap demonstrated a 3.33 mm arterial pedicle and 2.95 mm for the venous one. The evaluation of the position of the pedicle of the scapular flap was constant; on the other hand, the perforator pedicle of the TAP flap did not show any constant anatomical parameter. The study revealed that although the TAP flap and the scapular flap lie in adjacent anatomical areas, the TAP flap has a longer pedicle and a thinner skin; their vascular pedicles have similar thickness; though the position of the thoracodorsal perforator pedicle is variable, when compared with the scapular flap.

ASSUNTO(S)

procedimentos cirúrgicos reconstrutivos retalhos cirúrgicos axilla/anatomy &histology cirurgia plástica surgical flaps reconstructive surgical procedures surgery plastic axila/anatomia &histologia microcirurgia artérias/anatomia &histologia arteries/anatomy &histology microsurgery

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