Rectus abdominis muscle flap with microvascular anastomoses for repair of recurrent sarcoma.
After radical resection of a recurrent leiomyosarcoma, the thoracic wall was stabilized with a Gore-Tex graft. The skin and soft tissue defect was repaired with a large rectus abdominis flap in which the circulation was secured by end-to-end microvascular anastomosis of the inferior epigastric artery to the internal mammary artery, which had to be cut during tumor removal.
Waris
T
T
Division of Plastic Surgery, Oulu University Central Hospital, Finland.
Kaarela
O
O
Teerikangas
H
H
Nissinen
J
J
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*