title: One-stage microvascular transfer of a latissimus flap to the sacrum using vein grafts.
abstract: A large irradiated wound of the lumbosacral area is covered in one stage with a latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap by "extending" the vascular pedicle with 25-cm interpositional vein grafts.
mesh_terms: D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014945:Wound Healing