Free Gracilis Muscle Flap for Sarcoma Reconstruction: 19 Years of Clinical Experience

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(a) A 51-year-old woman presented with a poorly differentiated sarcoma of the dorsal foot. Wide local excision produced a 14 × 12–cm soft-tissue defect, an 8-cm gap in the extensor hallucis longus tendon, and deficient extensor retinaculum. (b) The en bloc resection can be seen with tendon and overlying soft tissues. Excellent healing and contour 6 months after reconstruction, (c) anterior-posterior, and (d) oblique lateral.

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