Management of inguinal lymphadenopathy: Immediate sartorius transposition and reconstruction of recurrence with pedicled ALT flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-310

  Gravvanis, Andreas ^a,b   Caulfield, Robert H ^a   Mathur, Bhagwat ^a   Ramakrishnan, Venkat ^a  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALT flap; Inguinal lymphadenopathy; Sartorius flap

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INGUINAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MELANOMA; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN NECROSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROIN; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 69549084636     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31818d452c     Document Type: Article

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