title: Chest wall reconstruction by free latissimus dorsi flap 25 years after accidental exposure to a source of industrial irradiation.
abstract: 25 years after successful plastic surgical closure of a large, radiation-induced ulcer of the chest wall the patient developed recurrent ulceration and unstable scars requiring a second procedure. A quarter of a century of progress in plastic surgical procedures is demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reichert
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Schäfers
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Lister
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Dreyer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000601:surgery