Abstract
There has been an increasing demand for reconstructive surgery in acute or chronic groin wounds resulting from burn, trauma patients with oncologic defects following groin lymphadenectomy due to urogenital and lower limb malignancies and complications of infrainguinal vascular bypass surgeries. The reconstructive surgeon has to select the optimal soft tissue coverage after considering the patient’s comorbidities, postoperative quality of life, and functional outcome. In this chapter, we will review the reconstructive options regarding complex wounds in the inguinal region, a brief description of the reconstructive technique, reported outcomes, and comparison between options including use of grafts and flaps.
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Razavi, S.A., Desai, K.A., Liao, A., Losken, A. (2018). Surgical and Anatomic Considerations of Malignancies Affecting the Groin: Reconstructive Approaches to the Groin. In: Delman, K., Master, V. (eds) Malignancies of the Groin. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60858-7_15
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