Reconstructive

269) Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the Lateral Arm Free Flap?

A. The Esmarch bandage and tourniquet control of the upper extremity are necessary in its harvesting.
B. Primary closure of the donor site extremely difficult to accomplished.
C. The lateral arm flap has only one venous drainage, the deep venous system.
D. The variability of the lateral arm skin thicknesses is one of this flap's advantages.
E. The lateral arm flap is based on the anterior radial collateral artery.




REFERENCES & ANSWER



Burkey B. B., Coleman J. R.: Microvascular Flaps, Chapter 47 in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, (Papel, editor) Thieme, Second Edition, pp. 577-578, 2002

Burkey B. B., Schmalbach C. E., Coleman J. R.: Microvascular Flaps, Chapter 57 in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, (Papel, editor) Thieme, Third Edition, pp. 765-793, 2009


269) D         The variability of the lateral arm skin thicknesses is one of this flap's advantages.