title: The sandwich omental flap for abdominal wall defect reconstruction.
abstract: We present a case of a large full thickness abdominal wall defect following excision of a huge basal cell carcinoma, uniquely reconstructed with a sandwich omental flap, vicryl/prolene (vypro II) mesh and split thickness skin graft.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Department, 3rd Floor Lambeth Wing, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: El-Muttardi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lancaster
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mercer
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000601:surgery*; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods