THE RECTUS-FEMORIS MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP FOR CLOSURE OF DIFFICULT WOUNDS OF THE ABDOMEN, GROIN, AND TROCHANTERIC AREAS

The rectus femoris myocutaneous flap has proved to be an effective means of closing particularly difficult wounds in 2 patients. One patient had a massive defect in the lower abdomen, pubic, and right groin area after the radical resection of a recurrent pleomorphic liposarcoma of the spermatic cord. The second patient presented with a huge, right greater trochanteric wound measuring 15 cm in diameter. Both patients progressed to relatively uneventful primary healing.