The clinical application of lateral chest flap transfer combined with relay skin flap transfer to repair soft tissue defects of the chest wall after tumor resection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

After thoracic tumor resection, there is often a large area of soft tissue defect left, even with exposed ribs and sternum, which needs to be repaired by skin flap transplantation. This study aims to introduce lateral thoracic flaps combined with local flaps to repair the soft tissue defect of the chest wall after the repair of malignant tumors, and try to retain the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap as a spare repair myocutaneous flap to avoid subsequent tumor recurrence and lack of local flaps for supply body source.

Methods

A total of 26 patients with chest wall soft tissue defect with or without exposed rib and sternum after tumor resection at presentation from January 2017 to October 2021 were included in this study. None of the patients required breast reco

SUBMITTER: Guo F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9562501 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature