title: Gastrocnemius muscle flap including Achilles tendon after extensive patellectomy for soft tissue sarcoma.
abstract: A 72-year-old man developed a soft-tissue sarcoma anterior to his left knee. The tumour was excised widely combined with an extensive patellectomy. A gastrocnemius flap including Achilles tendon was used successfully to cover the soft-tissue defect and to reconstruct the knee extensor mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan. osanait@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshihisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osanai
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogino
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000637:transplantation*; D000368:Aged; D051677:Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000637:transplantation; D010329:Patella / Q000601:surgery*; D017847:Patellar Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps