Repair of soft-tissue defects of feet and ankles by using an expanded reverse island flap with a saphenous neuro-vascular pedicle.
- Author:
He-jun YU
;
Jian-feng ZHANG
;
Qi MA
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Ankle Injuries; surgery; Child; Female; Femoral Nerve; surgery; Graft Survival; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Skin Transplantation; Soft Tissue Injuries; surgery; Surgical Flaps; blood supply; innervation; Young Adult
- From: Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery 2005;21(1):13-14
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo evaluate a expanded reverse island flap with a saphenous neuro-vascular pedicle for repairing the defects of the feet and ankles.
METHODSAn expanded reverse island skin flap, with the Six saphenous neuro-vascular pedicle, was designed to repair the skin defects on the feet and ankles.
RESULTSpatients with the defects of the feet and ankles were treated with the expanded saphenous island flap and all of the The expanded reversed island skin flaps were survived. The largest flap size was 12 cm x 10 cm.
CONCLUSIONSflap could be a good option for repairing the defects of the feet and ankles.