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Haripriya S Ayyala1, Omar M Mohamed1, Paul J Therattil1
1Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
Case Reports in Plastic Surgery & Hand Surgery
|October 10, 2019
Abstract:
Radical forequarter amputation is often performed for recurrent proximal extremity tumors. A free forearm fillet flap is used to provide excellent coverage of the resultant defect without donor site morbidity. Use of a free flap from the distal portion of the extremity with proximal tumor burden is safe and effective.
