Experience of the perineum defects reconstruction with the fasciocutaneous lotus petal flap after resection of anogenital skin tumors
https://doi.org/10.17650/1726-9776-2025-21-1-100-106
Abstract
Malignant tumors affecting perineum skin are rare. The most common neoplasms of this area are squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, and extramammary Paget’s disease. The most effective treatment for patients with nonmetastatic types of these malignant tumors is surgery. Despite relative technical simplicity of radical resection of the affected skin, the difficulties of defects reconstruction often limits the possibilities of surgical treatment. One of the techniques for replacement of medium-sized and large defects after surgical treatment of anogenital skin tumors is the use of regional fasciocutaneous lotus petal flap. The article presents descriptions of clinical cases of this technique using in 4 patients including 3 women with vulvar cancer and a man with extramammary Paget’s disease.
Supporting agencies: The study was performed without external funding
About the Authors
M. I. Volkova
Oncology Center No. 1, Moscow City Hospital named after S.S. Yudin, Moscow Healthcare Department; Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, Ministry of Health of Russia
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
Mariya Igorevna Volkova
Build. 7, 18A Zagorodnoe Shosse, Moscow 117152; Build. 1, 2/1 Barrikadnaya St., Moscow 125993
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E. V. Cherepanova
Moscow Multidisciplinary Clinical Center “Kommunarka”, Moscow Healthcare Department
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
8 Sosenskiy Stan St., Kommunarka, Moscow 108814
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Ya. V. Gridneva
Oncology Center No. 1, Moscow City Hospital named after S.S. Yudin, Moscow Healthcare Department; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia (Sechenov University)
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
Build. 7, 18A Zagorodnoe Shosse, Moscow 117152; 8 Trubetskaya St., Moscow 119991
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I. S. Al-Akel
Oncology Center No. 1, Moscow City Hospital named after S.S. Yudin, Moscow Healthcare Department
Russian Federation
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Build. 7, 18A Zagorodnoe Shosse, Moscow 117152
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Volkova M.I., Cherepanova E.V., Gridneva Ya.V., Al-Akel I.S. Experience of the perineum defects reconstruction with the fasciocutaneous lotus petal flap after resection of anogenital skin tumors. Cancer Urology. 2025;21(1):100-106. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17650/1726-9776-2025-21-1-100-106
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