Calf augmentation using free TRAM flap
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Published on: January 11, 2016
K C Hui1, F Zhang, L Greenberg
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Microsurgery
|July 22, 1999
Abstract:
Augmentation of the calf for correction of contour deformities has been most frequently performed utilizing silicone implants. Results of such implants have often been unsatisfactory. We report the case of a 27-year-old woman who chose the use of a transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) free flap for correction of a left calf contour deformity from childhood polio. This is the first report of calf augmentation with the use of a TRAM free flap and excellent results were obtained.
