Double L-shaped free-style perforator flap for perineal and vaginal reconstruction after cylindrical abdominoperineal resection.

Sinna, Raphael; Benhaim, Thomas; Qassemyar, Quentin; Bréhant, Olivier; Mauvais, Francois · J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg · 2010

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

The improvement of patient carcinological status by an abdominoperineal resection by extended posterior perineal approach in a prone position requires the plastic surgeon to consider other reconstructive options. We present an original double L-shaped free-style propeller flap used to reconstruct the vagina and the perineum of a 57-year-old patient after the resection of a T4 tumour of the lower rectum.

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