title: The use of dermis to reconstruct the musculo-aponeurotic element of the anterior abdominal wall.
abstract: The use, in two patients, of a free graft of dermis to reconstruct the musculo-aponeurotic element of the anterior abdominal wall is described, one with a defect of the left epigastric region following resection of a desmoid tumour, the other with a periumbilical defect of the entire thickness of the abdominal wall following resection of a fungating colonic carcinoma, the latter patient with an adjacent left iliac defunctioning colostomy. A latissimus dorsi myocutaneous free flap was used to provide overlying cover for the graft.
authors.affiliation: Canniesburn Hospital, Bearsden, Glasgow.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: McGregor
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D003125:Colostomy; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013718:Tensile Strength