Clinical Study

Soft Tissue Reconstruction following Hemipelvectomy: Eight-Year Experience and Literature Review

Figure 1

49-year-old man with late presentation of osteosarcoma involving ilium and ischium. He had hemipelvectomy and reconstruction with anteromedial thigh fillet flap. (a) Preoperative photo showing large swelling over the left hip and gluteal area. (b) Intraoperative picture showing the proposed area for fillet thigh flap to be harvested. (c) Flap was completely raised including adductor muscle group, gracilis, and sartorius. Left attached by the skin (proximal anteromedial area of groin) and its main vascular pedicle. (d) Early after procedure (Inset—Day 10 post op.).
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