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Reconstruction of soft tissue defects of the limb after tumor resection is challenging question for oncosurgeons. The management differs from reconstruction of post traumatic defects due to the complexity of the primary surgery and subsequent radiation. The conventional propeller flap is based on a perforator which is located close to the defect; but in present case the perforator was located far away from the defect. So we describe it as “Move in flap” as the flap rotated a large volume of soft tissue lying between the defect and the perforator. We present a case of post oncological thigh defect with reconstruction using a propeller flap based on distal anteromedial perforator.
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Nambi, G.I., Salunke, A.A. Propeller Flap Reconstruction in Post Oncological Thigh Defect: “The Move in Flap”. Indian J Surg Oncol 6, 135–137 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-015-0399-7
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