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
Vastus lateralis myocutaneous flap for reconstruction of defects around the groin and pelvis
โ Scribed by N. Waterhouse; Mr C. Healy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 435 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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