Chest wall reconstruction with a free extended forearm flap. A case report.
Forequarter amputation combined with chest wall resection may present a difficult closure problem. In a recent case, the defect was satisfactorily closed with a free flap from the amputated extremity, employing the entire soft tissue of the forearm.
D000328:Adult; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000379:methods*