title: [Covering soft tissue defects after tumor resection around the knee with vascularized musculo-cutaneous and fascio-cutaneous flaps].
abstract: The application of musculo-cutaneous of the medial head of gastrocnemius for covering skin and soft tissues defects following total knee replacement in treatment for proximal tibial osteosarcoma in 4 patients is presented. In 2 patients the fascio-cutaneous flaps originated from lower leg were used to cover defects of anterior aspect of the knee after resection of dermatofibrosarcoma of the patellae and fibrohistiocytoma localized in proximal tibia.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Ortopedii i Traumatologii, Akademia Medyczna w Lublinie.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mazurkiewicz
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chmiel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000379:methods*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D018223:Dermatofibrosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery*