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The use of ovarian vessels for microvascular tissue transfer in lower extremity limb salvage
Author(s) -
Senchenkov Alex,
Sim Franklin H.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/micr.22056
Subject(s) - medicine , hemipelvectomy , microsurgery , surgery , free flap , ovarian tissue , soft tissue , soft tissue sarcoma , microvascular surgery , revascularization , anatomy , ovary , pelvis , myocardial infarction
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. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microsurgery, 2013.