title: Myocutaneous transpelvic flaps do improve quality of life and help to reduce wound healing complications in patients receiving abdominoperineal resection in the real world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuernberg FAU, Krankenhausstrasse 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany. Raymund.horch@uk-erlangen.de.
authors.forename: Raymund E
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6561-2353
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Horch
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuernberg FAU, Krankenhausstrasse 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hohenberger
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuernberg FAU, Krankenhausstrasse 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuernberg FAU, Krankenhausstrasse 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arkudas
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuernberg FAU, Krankenhausstrasse 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Justus P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Beier
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D064827:Myocutaneous Flap; D010388:Pelvis / Q000601:surgery*; D010502:Perineum / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014945:Wound Healing