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Coronoid-Temporalis Pedicled Flap for Orbital Floor Defect Reconstruction
Published on: December 5, 2025
Bilateral double free-flaps for reconstruction of extensive chest wall defect
Emre Gazyakan1, Holger Engel, Marcus Lehnhardt
1Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany. gazyakan@gmail.com
Abstract:
A 44-year-old woman presented with ulcerating stage IV breast cancer involving the chest wall. En bloc resection of the second to seventh ribs on the right side, parts of the second to eighth ribs on the left side, the sternum, the chest wall muscles, and skin was completed with immediate reconstruction using bilateral double free flaps consisting of anterior lateral thigh and tensor fascia latae elevated on the lateral circumflex femoral system and creating recipient vessels with an arteriovenous loop.
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