title: The use of ovarian vessels for microvascular tissue transfer in lower extremity limb salvage.
abstract: Limb salvage procedures in previously operated, radiated, and vessel-depleted fields rely heavily on the use of microvascular tissue transfer. This report illustrates the feasibility of the use of ovarian vessels for the revascularization of a free flap. We have achieved success with the use of rectus abdominis muscle free flap for coverage of exposed vascular reconstruction in the 75-year-old soft tissue sarcoma patient with twice chemoradiated femoral and hypogastric defect, preventing external hemipelvectomy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. senchenkov@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Senchenkov
authors.forename: Franklin H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Sim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D058752:Free Tissue Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D023821:Limb Salvage / Q000379:methods*; D035002:Lower Extremity; D010053:Ovary / Q000098:blood supply*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*