title: Normal transvaginal delivery after abdominal wall reconstruction with tensor fascia lata muscle flap.
abstract: A 19-year-old woman presented with a tumor in the lower abdominal wall at the site of the scar that formed after appendectomy at age 7. The tumor mass was surgically removed, and the resulting full-thickness defect of the abdominal wall was reconstructed with autogenous tensor fascia lata muscle flap. Within 10 weeks of the reconstruction, she conceived and proceeded with an uneventful pregnancy and transvaginal delivery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. splastic@marble.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sowa
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishino
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Numajiri
authors.forename: Kousuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000601:surgery*; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005206:Fascia Lata / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014621:Vagina