Free filet leg flap.
With extensive loss of local soft tissues after resection of a sarcoma, standard closure may not be possible. The large operative defect in this instance may necessitate a free tissue transfer. Use of a vascularized tissue transfer from the leg of the amputated extremity of a patient to close a hemipelvectomy defect is described.
Templeton
K J
KJ
Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Oncology Services, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160, USA.
Toby
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EB
D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013524:Surgical Flaps