title: [The total thigh flap in reconstructive surgery].
abstract: Plastic surgeons have sometimes to face large pelvic tissue defects, particularly in paraplegic patients with recurrent pressure sores. This is frequently a reconstructive challenge and different locoregional flaps may be useful to manage those wounds when medical solutions were unsuccessful. However, in cases when other reconstructive options have been exhausted the total thigh flap represents the last acceptable solution to cover the defects by providing a large volume of healthy tissue. We remind here the operative technique and its interest in reconstructive surgery by reporting our experience in two patients for which this flap was successfully used.
authors.affiliation: Unité de chirurgie plastique et reconstructrice-chirurgie de la main, centre hospitalo-universitaire Charles-Nicolle, 1, rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen cedex, France. lazarcalin@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: C-C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lazar
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Auquit-Auckbur
authors.forename: P-Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Milliez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps