Forequarter Amputation Wound Coverage with an Ipsilateral, Lymphedematous, Circumferential Forearm Fasciocutaneous Free Flap in Patients Undergoing Palliative Shoulder-Girdle Tumor Resection

Lawrence S. Zachary; Lawrence J. Gottlieb; Michael Simon; Mark K. Ferguson; Edward Calkins

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1006658

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J Reconstr Microsurg 1993; 9(2): 103-107
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1006658

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Forequarter Amputation Wound Coverage with an Ipsilateral, Lymphedematous, Circumferential Forearm Fasciocutaneous Free Flap in Patients Undergoing Palliative Shoulder-Girdle Tumor Resection

Lawrence S. Zachary, Lawrence J. Gottlieb, Michael Simon, Mark K. Ferguson, Edward Calkins¹

Sections of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Medicine, and Thoracic Surgery, University of Chicago
¹Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

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Accepted for publication 1992

Publication Date:
08 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Closure of massive soft-tissue defects in patients undergoing forequarter amputation for shoulder-girdle tumors may present a daunting challenge. This report describes two patients whose forequarter amputations were closed using ipsilateral, lymphedematous, circumferential forearm fasciocutaneous free flaps.

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