title: Intestinal obstruction following harvest of VRAM-flap for reconstruction of a large perineal defect.
abstract: A patient with locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the rectum was operated with abdominoperineal resection and perineal reconstruction with a vertical rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap. Six days postoperatively, there was herniation of the small bowel, between the anterior and posterior rectus sheaths, to a subcutaneous location.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns and.
authors.forename: Sherif
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elawa
authors.forename: Olof
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hallböök
authors.forename: Pär
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Myrelid
authors.affiliation: Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns and.
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zdolsek
keywords: Vertical rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap; perineal defect; rectal adenocarcinoma