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- Title
Use of the Rectus Abdominis Muscle Flap to Fill a Retroperitoneal Defect Following Blast Injury.
- Authors
Talarczyk, Matthew R.; Ricci, Michael A.
- Abstract
Wartime injuries from explosive devices have created the need for atypical responses to devastating and unusual injuries. We report a case of an explosive abdominal injury that produced a huge defect in the posterior abdominal wall which was ultimately repaired with a rectus abdominus flap, an usual use of this versatile muscle flap. The rectus abdominus muscle may be another tool available for the repair of wartime injuries.
- Subjects
SURGICAL flaps; ABDOMINAL muscles; BLAST injuries; ABDOMINAL injuries; ABDOMINAL wall
- Publication
Military Medicine, 2009, Vol 174, Issue 2, p129
- ISSN
0026-4075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7205/MILMED-D-00-7308