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Operative wound of a patient who underwent left internal hemipelvectomy 100 days ago. Incision was made in inverted V.
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In the others, we made an inverted V incision (Figure 2).
Photo of the internal hemipelvectomy surgery showing the preservation of the femoral vascular-nervous bundle anteriorly and of the sciatic nerve posteriorly.
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The procedure involves extensive tissue detachment to release the femoral vascular-nervous bundle and the sciatic nerve (Figure 3).
X-ray of a patient previously submitted to right internal hemipelvectomy. Enneking II + III resection.
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None of the patients underwent prosthesis placement (Figure 4).
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