Island pedicular fascio-cutaneous flaps in covering the cutaneous defect in the knee and shinbone
- Author:
Dinh Nhat Vu
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
cutaneous malformation
- MeSH:
surgery;
Abnormalities
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):29-30
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
We describe 5 case in which an island posterior calf fasciocutaneous flap used to cover defects over the knee and tibia. 5 posterior calf fasciocutaneous flaps survived completely. We have found that it offers some advantages over the gastrocnemius. These include a greater flexibility of size and shape, a large arc of rotation to reach suprapatellar defects, the provision of sensate skin with protective though crude sensation, lees bulk, and the avoidance of twitch
