Soft-tissue flap coverage maximizes limb salvage after allograft bone extremity reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Dimitrios P MastorakosPeter G Cordeiro

Abstract

Limb salvage after extremity tumor ablation may include the use of allograft bone. The primary complication of this method is infection of the allograft, which can lead to limb loss in up to 50 percent of cases. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of primary muscle flap coverage in the setting of allograft bone limb salvage surgery. This study is a prospective review of all patients with flap coverage of extremity allografts over the 10-year period 1991 to 2001. There were 20 patients (11 male and nine female patients) with an average age of 28 years (range, 6 to 72 years). Flap coverage was primary in 16 patients and delayed in four. Delayed coverage was performed for failed wounds that did not have a primary soft-tissue flap. Pathologic findings included osteosarcoma in nine patients, Ewing sarcoma in five patients, malignant fibrohistiocytoma in two patients, chondrosarcoma in two patients, synovial sarcoma in one patient, and leiomyosarcoma in one patient. Allograft reconstruction was performed for the upper extremity in 12 patients and for the lower extremity in eight patients. Flap reconstruction was accomplished with 20 pedicle flaps in 17 patients (latissimus dorsi, 12; gastrocnemius, four; soleus, thr...Continue Reading

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