Small bowel and abdominal wall transplantation: A novel technique for synchronous revascularization.

Abdominal wall transplantation (AWT) was introduced in 1999 in the context of reconstruction of complex abdominal wall defects in conjunction with visceral organ transplantation. As of recently, 38 cases of total AWT have been performed worldwide, about half of which were performed in the United States. While AWT is technically feasible, one of the major challenges presenting to the reconstructive surgeon is time to revascularization of the donor abdominal wall (AW), given the immediate proximity of the visceral organ and AWT. The authors report a novel AW revascularization technique during a synchronous small bowel and AWT in a 37-year-old man.

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Author Detlev Erdmann Surgery, Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery

Author Brett Thomas Phillips Surgery, Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery

Author Suhail Kamrudin Mithani Surgery, Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery

Author Linda Carime Cendales Surgery, Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery

Author Kadiyala Venkata Ravindra Surgery, Abdominal Transplant Surgery

Author Debra L Sudan Surgery, Abdominal Transplant Surgery