Treatment of large defects in the pelvic limb by dorsal vascularized muscular flaps or myo-cutaneous flaps
- Author:
Doan Van Le
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
muscular flap
- MeSH:
Pelvic Bones;
Surgical Flaps;
Extremities;
therapy
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):7-9
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
25 patients with defects of soft tissue or complex defects of soft tissue and bone joint in the pelvic limbs received the dorsal vascularized myocutaneous transplantation and monitored continuously within 3 months - 9 years. The results have shown that the operations had a good outcomes, even complex lesions of soft tissue and bone such as open bone fracture, osteitis, bone defect. The dorsal vascularized myocutaneous flaps had a good viability and high antisepsis so that can be used in the bone operation or plastic reconstruction for defects of soft infected subchronically or chronically
