title: Rectus abdominis muscle flap with microvascular anastomoses for repair of recurrent sarcoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Oulu University Central Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Waris
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kaarela
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Teerikangas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nissinen
mesh_terms: 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*