Back Reconstruction: Workup

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Further Reading

Keywords

back reconstruction, complex posterior trunk defects, posterior trunk defects, trunk repair, muscle-based flaps, perforator-based flaps, free tissue transfer, spina bifida, skin graft, skin flaps, Limberg flaps, rhomboid flap, skin rotation flap, thoracolumbar sacral skin flap, transverse lumbosacral back flap, intercostal neurovascular island skin flap, scapular and parascapular flap, tissue expansion, muscle flap, myocutaneous flap, trapezius flap, latissimus dorsi flap, bilateral advancement flap, bilateral bipedicle myocutaneous flap, latissimus dorsi triangular island advancement flap, serratus anterior, gluteus maximus flap, segmental muscle flap, paraspinous muscle flap, fasciocutaneous flap, paralumbar flap, gluteal thigh flap, perforator flap, periosteal flap, osteocutaneous flap, osteomuscular flap, osseomusculocutaneous flap, omental flap, free flap, innervated flap, filleted leg tissue

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Arvind N Padubidri, MD, FRCSEd, Chairman, Forum Health, Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery, Northside Medical Center and Trumbull Memorial Hospital
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