title: Reconstruction following resection of soft-tissue sarcomas at the ankle region in seven patients.
abstract: The defects following soft-tissue or bone malignancies resection tend to be wide and composite at the region of ankle, and reconstruction of the defects is a difficult task. Between 1982 and 2007, we performed reconstruction for the defects of the ankle region in seven patients. All of the patients underwent free tissue transfer, and the selected methods are different for each case. No perioperative complications have occurred in any patients. All flaps survived completely. Two patients had local recurrence and amputation was carried out. Functional and aesthetical improvement is desirable for reconstruction of the ankle. We consider it important to select reconstructive options based on the size and volume of the defects and tissue deficiency; and free tissue transfer is useful for the reconstruction of the wide and composite defects at the ankle region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, 3-10-6, Koto-ward, Tokyo Post-code 135-8550, Japan. megane-31@ima.me-h.ne.jp
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sawaizumi
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000842:Ankle / Q000601:surgery*; D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome