title: [Repair of skin defect after resection of cutaneous malignant tumor].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical effects of repairing skin defect after resection of cutaneous malignant tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  From 1984 to 2001, cutaneous malignant tumors of 38 patients were resected and diagnosed pathologically. There were 12 cutaneous squamous cancer, 14 carinal cutaneous fibrosarcomas, 2 in situ cancers, 1 wart like cancer, 4 eczematoid cancers, and 5 deteriorative chronic ulcers. The biggest skin defect was 14 cm x 20 cm in size. Skin defects were repaired with flaps, myocutaneous flaps, free skin grafts and suturations. There were 4 gastronomies flaps, 6 latissimus flaps, 2 tensor fascia lata myocutaneous flaps, 1 transverse recuts abdominis myocutaneous flap, 5 plantaris medialis flaps, 3 random flaps, 12 free skin grafts and 5 suturings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the operations succeed. Among 21 cases followed up for 3 to 12 years, 19 healed and 2 relapsed, but the 2 patients healed after second operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Thorough resection of tumor is the key to eradicate malignant tumor. The method to repair skin defect after resection should be chosen according to the patients individually.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu Sichuan, P. R. China 610072.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Jian-ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D018223:Dermatofibrosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D005206:Fascia Lata / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013536:Suture Techniques