Table 1 reconstructive surgical options to cover defects in the inguinal region and the anterior lower abdominal wall
From: Management of leiomyosarcomas of the spermatic cord: the role of reconstructive surgery
Coverage type | Name of flap |
|---|---|
Skin and fat flap | • Deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap |
Fascio-cutaneous flaps | • Antero – lateral thigh flap |
|  | • Groin flap |
Muscle/musculo-cutaneous flaps | • Rectus abdominis flap (TRAM/VRAM) |
|  | • Tensor fasciae latae flap |
|  | • Gracilis flap |
|  | • Rectus femoris flap |
|  | • Vastus lateralis flap |
Free flap | • Latissimus dorsi flap |
Others | • Sartorius muscle switch |
|  | • Omental flap |