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- A study reviewed the outcomes of 27 patients who underwent total or high sacrectomy for giant sacral tumors, comparing those who received a pedicled VRAM flap reconstruction to those with conventional wound closure.
- The VRAM group showed significant benefits including shorter drainage periods, reduced time in bed, and fewer instances of wound infections compared to the conventional closure group.
- The findings suggest that using a VRAM flap reconstruction technique is more effective for managing large soft-tissue defects post-surgery, resulting in better clinical outcomes.
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Background: The large soft-tissue defect after total or high sacrectomy for giant sacral tumor induces high incidence of wound complications. It remains a huge challenge to reconstruct the soft-tissue defect and achieve the preferred clinical outcome.
Methods: A total of 27 patients undergoing one-stage total or high sacrectomy for giant sacral tumors between 2016 and 2021 in a tertiary university hospital were retrospectively reviewed. Participants were divided into two groups. Thirteen patients underwent a pedicled vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous (VRAM) flap reconstruction, whereas 14 patients underwent a conventional wound closure. Patient's clinical characteristics, surgical duration, postoperative complications, and outcomes were compared between the two groups.
Results: Patients in VRAM and non-VRAM groups were similar in baseline characteristics. The mean tumor size was 12.85 cm (range: 10-17 cm) in VRAM group and 11.79 cm (range: 10-14.5 cm) in non-VRAM group (P = 0.139). The most common giant sacral tumor is chordoma. Patients in VRAM group had a shorter length of drainage (9.85 vs 17.14 days), postoperative time in bed (5.54 vs 17.14 days), and total length of stay (19.46 vs 33.36 days) compared with patients in non-VRAM group. Patients in the VRAM group had less wound infection and debridement than patients in non-VRAM group (15.4% vs 57.1%, P < 0.001).
Conclusions: This study demonstrates the advantages of pedicled VRAM flap reconstruction of large soft-tissue defects after high or total sacrectomy using the anterior-posterior approach. This choice of reconstruction is better than direct wound closure in terms of wound infection, length of drainage, and total length of stay.
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