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Case Report
Malignant soft tissue tumor, wide excision, and sural flap
1 Staff of Orthopaedics & Traumatology Department, Gadjah Mada University, Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2 Resident of Orthopaedics & Traumatology Department, Gadjah Mada University, Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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Arie Nugroho
Resident of Orthopaedics & Traumatology Department , Gadjah Mada University, Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta
Indonesia
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Article ID: 100948Z01RM2018
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Magetsari R, Sakti YM, Nugroho A. Malignant soft tissue tumor, wide excision, and sural flap. Int J Case Rep Images 2018;9:100948Z01RM2018.ABSTRACT
Introduction: Soft tissue malignancy always appear in orthopaedic practice. The example of soft tissue malignancy is malignant melanoma. The treatment for soft tissue malignancy is wide excision. Soft tissue malignancy which done wide excision, can cause skin defect. Orthopedic surgeon need skin flap technique to coverage the skin defect after performed wide excision tumor.
Case Report: This case report explains about wide excision of melanoma maligna in calcaneal region in patient male, 72-year-old and the defect in calcaneal region with sural flap. Melanoma maligna is a one type of skin cancer from melanocyte. Melanocyte is pigment-containing cells in the skin. The incidence of melanoma is increasing by every year (6% per year). The main treatment in melanoma is wide surgical excision of the tumor. Wide excision of the tumor in the calcaneal region can made defect of skin. Because of it, we can closure the defect which caused by wide excision with sural flap. Sural flap is fasciocutaneous flap, made up of skin, subcutaneous fat, superficial and deep fascia of the posterior part of the lower leg, sural nerve, sural vein, and superficial sural artery.
Conclusion: We want to recommend sural flap as a good choice to closure defect it from wide excision of soft tissue malignancy (melanoma maligna) in the calcaneal region.
Keywords: Case report, Melanoma maligna, Soft tissue tumor malignancy, Sural flap, Split thickness skin graft, Wide excision
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Author Contributions
Arie Nugroho - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Yudha Sakti - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Rahadyan Magetsari - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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