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Published on: October 15, 2011
Gastrocnemius muscle flap including Achilles tendon after extensive patellectomy for soft tissue sarcoma
Toshihisa Osanai1, Takashi Tsuchiya, Toshihiko Ogino
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan. osanait@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
A 72-year-old man developed a soft-tissue sarcoma anterior to his left knee. The tumour was excised widely combined with an extensive patellectomy. A gastrocnemius flap including Achilles tendon was used successfully to cover the soft-tissue defect and to reconstruct the knee extensor mechanism.
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