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| Year : 2010 | Volume
: 15
| Issue : 4 | Page : 142-144 |
Pedicled omental split skin graft: A novel method for reconstruction of full-thickness abdominal wall defect
Anindya Chattopadhyay, Sumitra Kumar Biswas, Meghnad Dutta
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dr. BC Roy Memorial Hospital for Children, 111, Narkeldanga Main Road, Kolkata, India
Correspondence Address:
Anindya Chattopadhyay
4B/16, Anupama Housing Complex, VIP Road, Kolkata - 700 052
India
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.72440 PMID: 21170199
Although rare in children, aggressive fibromatosis or desmoid tumors require wide surgical excision for durable relief. The resultant defect poses many challenges for reconstruction. The authors report reconstruction of such a wound using a pedicled omental split skin graft, which resulted from the excision of a locally recurrent desmoid tumor.
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