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J Reconstr Microsurg 1998; 14(4): 217-222
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000171
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© 1998 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Trunk Reconstruction with the Free Vastus Lateralis Flap

Richard M. Kline Jr. , Kamran Khoobehi, Edward Levine
  • Division of Plastic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, and Division of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Accepted for publication 1998

Publication Date:
08 March 2008 (online)

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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 donorsite considerations are discussed.

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