Porcine Urinary Bladder Extracellular Matrix for the Salvage of Fibula Free Flap Skin Paddle: Technical Note and Description of a Case

Rabie M Shanti; Ryan J Smart; Andrew Meram; David Kim

doi:10.1055/s-0036-1593473

Porcine Urinary Bladder Extracellular Matrix for the Salvage of Fibula Free Flap Skin Paddle: Technical Note and Description of a Case

Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr. 2017 Dec;10(4):318-322. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1593473. Epub 2016 Dec 14.

Authors

Rabie M Shanti¹, Ryan J Smart¹, Andrew Meram¹, David Kim¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana.

Abstract

This report establishes a novel application of a commercially available porcine urinary bladder extracellular matrix, MatriStem (ACell, Inc., Columbia, MD), in the salvage of partial loss of the skin paddle of a fibula osteoseptocutaneous free flap that was utilized for mandibular reconstruction.

Keywords: MatriStem; fibula free flap; urinary bladder extracellular matrix.

Publication types

Review