POSTRADICAL VULVECTOMY RECONSTRUCTION USING THE INFERIORLY BASED TRANSVERSE RECTUS-ABDOMINIS (TRAM) FLAP - A PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE

Authors
PATSNER B HETZLER P
Citation
B. Patsner et P. Hetzler, POSTRADICAL VULVECTOMY RECONSTRUCTION USING THE INFERIORLY BASED TRANSVERSE RECTUS-ABDOMINIS (TRAM) FLAP - A PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE, Gynecologic oncology, 55(1), 1994, pp. 78-81
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,"Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Gynecologic oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00908258
Volume
55
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
78 - 81
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-8258(1994)55:1<78:PVRUTI>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap has been reported for pelvic fl oor and neovaginal reconstruction following pelvic exenteration but no t for neovulvar reconstruction following radical vulvectomy. The prese nt report describes our preliminary experience with the inferiorly bas ed tranverse rectus abdominis muscle (TRAM) flap in five patients who underwent radical vulvectomy for invasive squamous cell carcinoma of t he vulva. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.