Experience with lower extremity malignant neoplasms treated with perforator flaps

In reconstruction of resultant defects after excision of malignant soft tissue neoplasms, flap transfer is required for coverage of exposed major vessels, nerves, tendons, or bone. A perforator flap is effectively used for reconstruction of lower extremity defects because the flap is thin and provides low morbidity. In this report, a 72-year-old female presented with undifferentiated sarcoma of the knee. She was successfully treated with a pedicled anterior tibial perforator flap. In addition, a 68-year-old male presented with malignant fibrohistiocytoma of the leg. His limb was uneventfully reconstructed with a free deep inferior epigastric perforator flap. These two cases are described in this report. [Skin Cancer (Japan) 2003; 18: 334-337]