Immediate reconstruction of the perineal wound with gracilis muscle flaps following abdominoperineal resection and intraoperative radiation therapy for recurrent carcinoma of the rectum

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-37

  Shibata, David ^a   Hyland, William ^a   Busse, Paul ^a   Kim, H Katherine ^a   Sentovich, Steven M ^a   Steele Jr , Glenn ^b   Bleday, Ronald ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of the rectum; Gracilis muscle flaps; Reconstruction of perineal wound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MUSCLE FLAP; PERINEUM; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; WOUND CLOSURE;

ABDOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PELVIC EXENTERATION; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0033023270     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-999-0033-4     Document Type: Article

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