CASE REPORT
Plastic Surgery
doi: 10.25005/2074-0581-2025-27-1-230-237
REPAIR OR HEAD AND NECK POSTTRAUMATIC DEFECTS WITH THE LATISSIMUS DORSI MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP: CASE REPORT

M.KH. MALIKOV¹,², A.A. DAVLATOV¹,², D.D. DZHONONOV²,, N.A. MAKHMADKULOVA³, B.D. ODINAEV¹, D.K. MURODOV¹,²

1Department of Surgical Diseases № 2 named after Academician N.U. Usmanov, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University, Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan
2Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Republican Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan
3Department of Operative Surgery and Topographic Anatomy named after Professor M.K. Karimov, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University, Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan

The article discusses a clinical case involving the consequences of electrical trauma to the face and neck. A non-free latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap (LDMF) was utilized to repair the soft tissue buccal defect. The skin portion of the flap formed the intraoral lining, while a full-thickness skin graft was transplanted to recreate the skin over the muscle portion of the LDMF. The transferred LDMF and the transplanted full-thickness skin graft were successfully integrated in the immediate postoperative period. Long-term follow-up seven years after the surgery showed satisfactory functional and aesthetic outcomes. Combining a non-free LDMF and autologous skin grafting effectively repaired a complex buccal defect requiring bilateral epithelial lining.

Keywords: Facial defect, electrical injury, displaced flap, latissimus dorsi flap, autodermoplasty, clinical case.

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Authors' information:

Malikov Mirzobadal Khalifaevich,
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Surgical Diseases № 2 named after Academician N.U. Usmanov, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University
Researcher ID: ABG-2983-2021
Scopus ID: 21934165100
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7816-5521
Author ID: 375497
E-mail: mmirzobadal@mail.ru

Davlatov Abdumalik Abdulkhakovich,
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Resident of the Department of Reconstructive and Plastic Microsurgery, Republican Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery; Assistant of the Department of Surgical Diseases № 2 named after Academician N.U. Usmanov, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University
Researcher ID: AAF-6440-2022
Scopus ID: 21933830600
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2776-074X
SPIN: 3766-9641
Author ID: 998715
E-mail: davlatov.abdumalik@mail.ru

Dzhononov Dzhonibek Davlatbekovich,
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Researcher at the Department of Reconstructive and Plastic Microsurgery, Republican Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2383-7770
E-mail: dr.jonibek@mail.ru

Makhmadkulova Nigora Akhtamovna,
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Assistant of the Department of Topographic Anatomy and Operative Surgery named after Professor M.K. Karimov, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4269-6611
E-mail: malikovanigora@mail.ru

Odinaev Bakhodur Avezovich,
PhD Student of the Department of Surgical Diseases № 2 named after Academician N.U. Usmanov, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University
ORCID ID: 000-0002-9613-2467
SPIN: 4147-6409
E-mail: medicodinaev@mail.ru

Murodov Dzhovidon Kamolovich,
PhD Student at the Department of Surgical Diseases № 2 named after Academician N.U. Usmanov, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University; Resident of the Department of Reconstructive and Plastic Microsurgery, Republican Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery
Researcher ID: KAM-6887-2024
ORCID ID: 0009-0002-0316-1101
E-mail: dzhovidon.murodov@mail.ru

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