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Use of pedicle flaps of skin for closure of perianal and sacral defects

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Chronic ulcerations and portions of actinodermatitis near and around the anus sometimes require pedicle flaps of skin for repair. The types of flaps which offer the most satisfactory results for this purpose have been described.

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Reference

  1. Conway, Herbert and B. H. Griffith: Plastic surgery for closure of decubitus ulcers in patients with paraplegia: Based on experience with 1,000 cases. Am. J. Surg.91: 946, 1956.

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  1. From the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota

    John B. Erich M.D., John R. Hill M.D. & Adolf W. Schwartz M.D.

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  1. John B. Erich M.D.
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The Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, is a part of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota.

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Erich, J.B., Hill, J.R. & Schwartz, A.W. Use of pedicle flaps of skin for closure of perianal and sacral defects. Dis Colon Rectum 3, 481–484 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02616447

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