Reconstruction of Soft Tissue Defect of Feet and Legs Using Alloderm.

Na, Young Cheon; Kang, Yang Soo; Ryu, Bong Soo; Yang, Jeung Yeol

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 1999;26(5):996-1000.
Published online September 1, 1999.

Reconstruction of Soft Tissue Defect of Feet and Legs Using Alloderm.

Young Cheon Na, Yang Soo Kang, Bong Soo Ryu, Jeung Yeol Yang

Abstract

Variable methods have been using for reconstruction of soft tissue defect of feet and legs. Skin graft, local flap, and free flap have been using for this purpose. But, skin graft produced secondary contracture of recipient site and increased in donor site scarring. Local flap was limited its donor site and remained severe deformities of recipient site. Free flap was required prolonged operation time and secondary operation. Acelluar human dermal allograft, AlloDerm, was removed cellular elements of the epidermis and dermis. It was relatively immunologically inert. From August 1997 to April 1998, we have grafted acellular human dermal allograft with thin split-thickness skin graft on soft tissue defect of feet and legs in 7 cases. We concluded that cryopreserved acelluar human dermal allograft has been proposed as the solution to problems of skin graft, local flap, and free flap.