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J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2019; 80(05): 387-390
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1688688
Surgical Technique
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

A Rare Case of Parietal Skull Fibrosarcoma: Reconstruction with Free Myocutaneous Flap and Infrared Thermography Monitoring

Roman Romansky
1   Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria
,
Emanuil Naydenov
2   Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital “St. Ivan Rilski,” Sofia, Bulgaria
,
Stefan Komitski
1   Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria
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28 September 2018

08 January 2019

Publication Date:
06 June 2019 (online)

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Abstract

Fibrosarcoma of the skull is an extremely rare condition. We report a case of a male patient surgically treated by radical tumor excision and plastic reconstruction with a free myocutaneous latissimus dorsi flap. Revascularization on the side of the intervention was verified intraoperatively by using an infrared thermography camera in the follow-up period to evaluate flap vitality in addition to standard clinical monitoring. We observed no complications and achieved a good aesthetic result.

Keywords

fibrosarcoma of the skull - reconstructive microsurgery - infrared thermography monitoring
 

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