[Covering soft tissue defects after tumor resection around the knee with vascularized musculo-cutaneous and fascio-cutaneous flaps].
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.
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Katedra i Klinika Ortopedii i Traumatologii, Akademia Medyczna w Lublinie.
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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*