Preexpanded Pedicle Medial Arm Flap: An Alternative Method of Massive Facial Defect Reconstruction

Pedicled myocutaneous flap of latissimus

Pedicled myocutaneous flap of latissimus dorsi muscle for reconstruction of anterior and middle skull defects: An alternative

✍ Seckel, Brooke R. ;Upton, Joseph ;Freidberg, Stephen R. ;Gilbert, Kenneth P. ;Mu 📂 Article 📅 1986 🏛 Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) ⚖ 406 KB

Three cases are presented demonstrating the use of a pedicled myocutaneous flap of latissimus dorsi muscle to reconstruct large defects of the anterior and middle skull after ablative surgery for carcinoma. This method is proposed as an alternative to reconstruction with a free myocutaneous flap in