Double flap from amputated opposite lower limb for cover of plantar and dorsal surfaces of a crushed foot

Bilateral limb trauma poses many possibilities for management. In a situation of bilateral amputation, if the amputated limb is not salvageable or replantation is not advisable, the amputated limb can be used to harvest tissue for free tissue transfer to cover the amputation stump. We describe a cas...

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Autores principales: Samir, Kumta, Shrirang, Purohit, Anurag, Chitranshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publication & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3897106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24459351
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.122022
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description Bilateral limb trauma poses many possibilities for management. In a situation of bilateral amputation, if the amputated limb is not salvageable or replantation is not advisable, the amputated limb can be used to harvest tissue for free tissue transfer to cover the amputation stump. We describe a case here in which we have used these principles.
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spelling pubmed-38971062014-01-23 Double flap from amputated opposite lower limb for cover of plantar and dorsal surfaces of a crushed foot Samir, Kumta Shrirang, Purohit Anurag, Chitranshi Indian J Plast Surg Case Report Bilateral limb trauma poses many possibilities for management. In a situation of bilateral amputation, if the amputated limb is not salvageable or replantation is not advisable, the amputated limb can be used to harvest tissue for free tissue transfer to cover the amputation stump. We describe a case here in which we have used these principles. Medknow Publication & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3897106/ /pubmed/24459351 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.122022 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Double flap from amputated opposite lower limb for cover of plantar and dorsal surfaces of a crushed foot
title Double flap from amputated opposite lower limb for cover of plantar and dorsal surfaces of a crushed foot
title_full Double flap from amputated opposite lower limb for cover of plantar and dorsal surfaces of a crushed foot
title_fullStr Double flap from amputated opposite lower limb for cover of plantar and dorsal surfaces of a crushed foot
title_full_unstemmed Double flap from amputated opposite lower limb for cover of plantar and dorsal surfaces of a crushed foot
title_short Double flap from amputated opposite lower limb for cover of plantar and dorsal surfaces of a crushed foot
title_sort double flap from amputated opposite lower limb for cover of plantar and dorsal surfaces of a crushed foot
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3897106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24459351
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.122022
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