Experience with the Ipsilateral Thigh Flap for Closure of Heel Defects in Children
10.4055/jkoa.1987.22.2.509
- Author:
Chang Soo KANG
;
Sung Won SOHN
;
Kyung Jae YOO
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Heel defect;
Posterior thigh flap;
SPECT
- MeSH:
Child;
Fracture Fixation;
Heel;
Humans;
Immobilization;
Iron;
Thigh;
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1987;22(2):509-514
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Soft tissue coverage of heel defects has long been a difficult problem. In 1982, Iron reported eight cases of heel defects in children using an ipsilateral posterior thigh flap with use of the Hoff-man's skeletal fixation apparatus for immobilization. We report three cases of heel defects treatment in children using ipsilateral posterior thigh flap and detach flap in an average 13 days with aid of single photon emission computed tomography(SPECT) for evaluation of circulation status of flap.
