%0 Journal Article
%T VRAM steal syndrome ¨C a unique cause of flap necrosis in chest wall reconstruction
%A N Pantelide
%A S Iyer
%A S Young
%J Archive of "Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England".
%D 2018
%R 10.1308/rcsann.2017.0228
%X The pedicled vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous (VRAM) flap is a robust flap, which is considered to be a ¡®workhorse¡¯ regional option for chest wall reconstruction. We describe a previously unreported complication of partial flap loss due to ¡®steal syndrome¡¯, whereby arterial supply was diverted away from the flap due to dialysis from an ipsilateral arteriovenous fistula
%K Steal syndrome
%K Coronary artery bypass grafting
%K Arteriovenous fistula
%K Pedicled flap
%K Rectus abdominis
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5930105/