Taylor’s flap reconstruction following abdominoperineal resection for advanced hidradenitis suppurativa – a case series and literature review

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Ismaïl Ben Ayad, MD, MSurg

Avenue Hippocrate 10

1200 Brussels

Belgium

chirurgie.iba@gmail.com, ismail.benayad@uclouvain.be

Submitted: 11. 4. 2025

Accepted: 22. 11. 2025