2022
DOI: 10.1002/micr.31000
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Use of a bovine pericardial patch angioplasty for completion of a complicated end to side anastomosis of a recipient vessel in the free flap reconstruction of a radiated wound: A case report

Abstract: Soft tissue sarcomas treated by extensive surgical resection and adjuvant radiation can lead to large tissue deficits that require free flap repair. Significant radiation can further compromise vessels necessitating novel therapeutic approaches. We describe an 82‐year‐old man who presented with a posterior thigh sarcoma and underwent wide local tumor resection and immediate reconstruction with a microvascular free flap. Due to radiated recipient vessels, this case required bovine patch angioplasty as a conduit… Show more

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