Combined bipedicled latissimus dorsi and groin flap for anterior chest wall reconstruction

Complex posterior thoracic wall reconstruction using a crossover combined latissimus dorsi and serratus anterior free flap.

Radical resection of an extended malignant sarcoma of the chest wall requires full-thickness thoracic chest wall reconstruction. Reconstruction is tedious in the case of posteriorly located tumours, because the ipsilateral pedicled myocutaneous latissimus dorsi flap is involved and hence not usable for soft tissue coverage. We report an original case of a left giant dorsal chondrosarcoma origin...

Bipolar latissimus dorsi flap transfer for reconstruction of the deltoid.

Four patients with complete paralysis of the deltoid muscle with irrepairable axillary nerve lesion and one with traumatic destruction of the shoulder cap were treated with a bipolar latissimus dorsi muscle transfer. The latissimus dorsi muscle was prepared as an island flap, turned over and sutured to the trapezius proximally and to the original deltoid insertion on the humerus distally. Funct...

Pedicled unipolar latissimus dorsi flap for reconstruction of finger extensor *

We describe the use of a pedicled unipolar latissimus dorsi flap to restore finger extension. The patient had large defects in the radial nerve and extensor musculature. A long-tailed, 50-cm-long flap was prepared, which enabled the end of the flap to be sutured to the extensor digitorum.

Reconstruction of Unexpected Huge Chest Wall Defect after Recurrent Breast Cancer Excision Using a TRAM Flap Combined with Partial Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Flap

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Modified Extended Latissimus Dorsi Myocutaneous Flap with Added Vascularised Chest Wall Fat in Immediate Breast Reconstruction After Conservative (Sparing) Mastectomies