A Giant Neurovascular Lower Limb Fillet Flap Can Simultaneously Cover Pelvic and Abdominal Defects
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1 Tissue of amputated or nonsalvageable limbs may be used for reconstruction of complex defects. Fillet flaps can be used to treat traumatic, oncologic, or pressureinduced wounds. The classical fillet flap is defined as an axial-pattern flap harvested from amputated, discarded or otherwise nonfunctioning or nonsalvageable areas of the body that can be used as a pedicled, island, or microvascular free flap, allowing regional or heterotopic defect reconstruction.1 Its advantage is little or no donor-site morbidity, as it serves as “spare part” of otherwise discarded body parts. We present the case of a giant neurovascular pedicled myocutaneous lower limb fillet flap for pelvic and abdominal soft-tissue reconstruction after hip exarticulation and open abdomen. Informed consent was given by the patient.
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