Reconstruction of a chronic late post-nephrectomy wound with an extended free latissimus dorsi flap
Hussain, S.; Malata, C.M.
Journal of Wound Care 19(12): 546-549
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0969-0700 PMID: 21160447 Document Number: 638674
This report describes the case of a 74-year-old man who spontaneously developed a chronic loin and posterior thoracic wound 28 years after a nephrectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy for renal cell carcinoma. His wound was successfully managed surgically, with an ipsilateral free latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap, the vascular pedicle of which was extended using 15cm saphenous vein grafts.