Double L-shaped free-style perforator flap for perineal and vaginal reconstruction after cylindrical abdominoperineal resection

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2010 Oct;63(10):1740-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.02.029. Epub 2010 Mar 27.

Abstract

The improvement of patient carcinological status by an abdominoperineal resection by extended posterior perineal approach in a prone position requires the plastic surgeon to consider other reconstructive options. We present an original double L-shaped free-style propeller flap used to reconstruct the vagina and the perineum of a 57-year-old patient after the resection of a T4 tumour of the lower rectum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy
  • Middle Aged
  • Perineum / diagnostic imaging
  • Perineum / surgery*
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
  • Prone Position
  • Rectal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Surgical Flaps / blood supply*
  • Suture Techniques
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
  • Vagina / surgery*