Repair soft tissues defect on foot and ankle with flap of cutaneous branches of posterior tibial artery on the part of superior medial malleolus
- VernacularTitle:胫后动脉内踝上皮支皮瓣修复足踝部软组织缺损
- Author:
Zhiming WANG
;
Yang CAO
;
Zhong CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Posterior tibial artery;
Foot and ankle;
Surgical flap;
Transplantation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Microsurgery
2000;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To introduce a new flap of cutaneous branches of posterior tibial artery on the part of superior medial malleolus to repair soft tissues defect on the feet and the ankles Methods From October 1997 to December 2001,a flap with the pedicle called cutaneous branches of posterior tibial artery on the part of superior medial malleolus were used to repair 11 cases which suffered skin and soft tissue defect on the feet and the ankles due to various trauma Results The flaps were survived completely on 10 cases and the flaps distal had about 2 cm necrosis on 1 case,the size of the flap ranged from 28 cn?11 cm to 8 cm?6 cm,all of the 11 cases were evaluated as satisfactory after 6 months to 2 years follow-up Conclusions The new procedure can repair mostly soft tissue defect on the foot and the ankle and does not sacrifice the major arteries. The flap is easy to be performed,and it is an safety and ideal method.
