What about the donor site morbidity – how invasive is the free latissimus dorsi flap?
LDM flap surgery leads to a significant impairment of the strength and ROM in the shoulder joint. Moreover, the donor morbidity must be differentiated with regard to handedness: harvest on the non-dominant side potentiates the already existing difference in strength and ROM. Conversely, if the harvest takes place on the dominant side of the patient, this difference is diminished.
Authors
- Marc Hellweg
- Denis Ehrl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9394-8412)
- Nikolaus Wachtel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3746-7838)
- Nicholas Moellhoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1059-5840)
- Maximilian Hirschmann
- Constanze Kuhlmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8102-1430)
- Riccardo E. Giunta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7421-1213)
Institutions
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- Nuremberg Hospital (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bone & Joint Open
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.512.bjo-2024-0058.r1
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.93
Funders
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München