Orthoplastic approach in lower leg and foot reconstruction
10.3760/cma.j.cn441206-20220313-00049
- VernacularTitle:小腿和足部重建的骨整形方法
- Author:
Valentin Alexandru GEORGESCU
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Author Information
1. 克鲁伊纳波卡医科大学，克鲁伊纳波卡康复医院，克鲁伊，罗马尼亚
- Keywords:
Lower leg;
Traumas;
Debridement;
Reconstruction;
Traditional free flaps;
Local flaps;
Free perforator flaps;
Local perforator flaps
- From:
Chinese Journal of Microsurgery
2022;45(3):241-249
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The reconstruction of lower leg and foot is very challenging due to their anatomical characteristics. In the last half century, we assisted to a dramatical change in thinking and approaching the lower leg and foot complex tissue defects. This became possible due to the new knowledge in vascular anatomy and advances in microsurgical techniques and instrumentation. The main way to well treat this kind of lesions is to ensure a multidisciplinary approach by collaboration between the specialists involved in approaching them. That’s why, in the later part of the last millennium, a new specialty appeared: Orthoplastic Surgery. Orthoplastic extremity reconstructive surgery may be addressed to the treatment of traumatic, oncologic, and septic conditions. This paper will discuss the timing of tissue transfer and the armamentarium of tissue reconstructive techniques for surgery of the lower leg and foot, from traditional flaps to the modern perforator flaps.
