title: Lower back reconstruction: an approach to wound closure in the cancer patient.
abstract: Repair of the lower back wound in the patient with cancer presents the surgeon with a plethora of challenges. Frequently, the wide range of the surgeon's armamentarium of flaps must be used to provide stable wound coverage. We present the reconstruction techniques used in five patients with cancer who had lower back wounds below T10 and of at least 100 cm2. The approach we used to evaluate the lower back wound and to determine surgical techniques and options for reconstruction is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Reece
mesh_terms: D001415:Back / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*