AUTHOR=Radtke Christine , Panzica Martin , Dastagir Khaled , Krettek Christian , Vogt Peter M. TITLE=Soft Tissue Coverage of the Lower Limb following Oncological Surgery JOURNAL=Frontiers in Oncology VOLUME=5 YEAR=2016 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/articles/10.3389/fonc.2015.00303 DOI=10.3389/fonc.2015.00303 ISSN=2234-943X ABSTRACT=

The treatment of lower limb tumors has been shifted by advancements in adjuvant treatment protocols and microsurgical reconstruction from limb amputation to limb salvage. Standard approaches include oncological surgery by a multidisciplinary team in terms of limb sparing followed by soft tissue reconstruction and adjuvant therapy when indicated. For the development of a comprehensive surgical plan, the identity of the tumor should first be determined by histology after biopsy. Then the surgical goal and comprehensive treatment concept should be developed by a multidisciplinary tumor board and combined with soft tissue reconstruction. In this article, plastic surgical reconstruction options for soft coverage of the lower extremity following oncological surgery will be described along with the five clinical cases.