Reconstructive plastic surgery in the treatment of desmoid fibroids of extraabdominal localization
Desmoid fibroids (DF) are mesenchymal tumours consisting of differentiated fibroblasts and excessive amounts of collagen fibres. DF are extremely rare pathology, its frequency is 2-4 cases per 1 million people per year and it is less than 3% of all soft tissue tumours. The surgical method is the main in the treatment of DF, however, while a surgeon ensuring a negative border of resection, there are functional and cosmetic defects that require reconstruction. This study presents the results of surgical treatment of 40 patients with DF extraabdominal localization using reconstructive plastic surgery, as well as adjuvant drug treatment with a positive border of resection. Conflict of interest: the authors state no conflict of interest Funding: the study was performed with no external funding