Coverage of a large soft-tissue defect of the chest with a free fillet forearm and hand flap.
The authors present a case in which a free circumferential fasciocutaneous flap from the forearm and hand, after radical tumor resection and forequarter amputation, was used successfully to cover the large soft-tissue defect on the chest wall.
Sakamura
R
R
Plastic Surgery Unit, Nikko Memorial Hospital, Muroran, Japan.
Nohira
K
K
Shibata
M
M
Sugihara
T
T
D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000601:surgery; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*