PEDICLED OMENTAL FLAP AND SKIN-GRAFTING TO COVER ARTIFICIAL MESH

Two cases are presented in which a large abdomino-inguinal defect, cre ated during an extended hemipelvectomy, was closed using artificial pa tch, a pedicled omental flap and skin grafts. In the first case, early postoperative mortality arrested the wound healing process and preven ted follow-up. In the second case, the wound was completely covered an d there was no evidence of infection at three moths following the init ial operation. We propose that pedicled omental flap with skin graftin g is a viable means of covering artifical mesh repairs of giant abdomi nal wall and inguinal region defects.