One-stage arm-preserving shoulder resection with latissimus dorsi flap for basal cell carcinoma.
A 60-year-old man was found to have a large invasive basal cell carcinoma involving the skin and surrounding bones of the shoulder joint. The Tikhor-Linberg procedure, a technique for preserving the arm in a shoulder resection, was combined with a latissimus dorsi muscle flap reconstruction in one stage to achieve a satisfactory functional result.
Craig
D M
DM
Department of Plastic Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.
Sullivan
P K
PK
Herndon
J H
JH
Edstrom
L E
LE
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D002968:Clavicle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D012540:Scapula; D012782:Shoulder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps