AUTHOR=Behr Björn , Wagner Johannes M. , Wallner Christoph , Harati Kamran , Lehnhardt Marcus , Daigeler Adrien 

TITLE=Reconstructive Options for Oncologic Posterior Trunk Defects: A Review

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Oncology

VOLUME=6

YEAR=2016

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/articles/10.3389/fonc.2016.00051

DOI=10.3389/fonc.2016.00051

ISSN=2234-943X

ABSTRACT=<p>After oncological tumor resections at the back, large defects can remain that depending on the size and location may represent reconstructive challenges to plastic surgeons. Flap selection includes the entire armamentarium of coverage, including transposition flaps, perforator flaps, pedicled muscle flaps, and free flaps. Most defects can be closed and reconstructed with local or pedicled muscle flaps. In our hands, sufficient closure could be obtained with all techniques, except the latissimus dorsi turn-over flap. Thereupon, an algorithm for closure of posterior trunk defects related to the anatomical region is proposed.</p>