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Trunk reconstruction with the free vastus lateralis flap
R M Kline1, K Khoobehi, E Levine
1Division of Plastic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
|June 9, 1998
Abstract:
A case is presented of a massive, full-thickness, trunk-wall defect successfully reconstructed with a free-tissue transfer of the entire vastus lateralis muscle. Indications, technical details, and donor-site considerations are discussed.