RECTUS-ABDOMINIS MUSCLE TRANSPLANT IN LOWER-LIMB SALVAGE - A RECENT SERIES OF 25 PATIENTS

Authors
ISENBERG JS
Citation
Js. Isenberg, RECTUS-ABDOMINIS MUSCLE TRANSPLANT IN LOWER-LIMB SALVAGE - A RECENT SERIES OF 25 PATIENTS, Annals of plastic surgery, 38(6), 1997, pp. 620-622
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annals of plastic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
01487043
Volume
38
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
620 - 622
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-7043(1997)38:6<620:RMTILS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A recent series of 25 patients who underwent reconstruction of Gustilo IIIB lower extremity wounds with rectus abdominis muscle transplants is presented. Complications include one flap loss and one donor site s kin incision dehiscence. At follow-up, a majority of patients were amb ulatory and a third employed in some fashion. Comparison with a histor ical group of patients demonstrates continued improvement in surgical results.