One stage reconstruction of a massive back defect with a large fasciocutaneous flap.
The use of fasciocutaneous flaps in the treatment of soft tissue defects has been widely accepted. This study presents a case in which a huge defect after surgical resection of an advanced rhabdomyosarcoma was reconstructed by an extraordinarily large vertical fasciocutaneous flap from the back.
Maruyama
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Toho University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Terashima
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D000368:Aged; D001415:Back; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps