title: Reconstruction of a chronic late post-nephrectomy wound with an extended free latissimus dorsi flap.
abstract: This report describes the case of a 74-year-old man who spontaneously developed a chronic loin and posterior thoracic wound 28 years after a nephrectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy for renal cell carcinoma. His wound was successfully managed surgically, with an ipsilateral free latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap, the vascular pedicle of which was extended using 15cm saphenous vein grafts.
authors.affiliation: School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Malata
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D003646:Debridement; D058752:Free Tissue Flaps; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing