Reconstructive

1306) Which of the statements is FALSE regarding the FLAP drawing shown below? Please note that the arrow A is outside of the flap and the arrow B is the axial blood supply.

A. It is a fasciocutaneous or fascial flap.

B. The arrow A in the picture represents the supraclavicular artery.

C. The Doppler ultrasonography is useful in locating the axial pedicle to the flap.

D.The dissection is done deep to the fascia overlying the deltoid and trapezious muscles.

E. The spinal accessory nerve can be traumatized in the medial dissection.





REFERENCES & ANSWER






Revenaugh P.C., Shipchandler T. Z., Burkey B.B., Microvascular and Regional Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction chapter 51 in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Papel Ira D.,editor), Fourth Edition, Thieme, 2016, pp. 650-677

1306) B    The arrow A in the picture represents the supraclavicular artery.