Reconstruction of Below Knee Stump with Free Plantar Fillet Flap: A Case Report

Here, we present a 45-year-old male patient who had right leg fracture in several pieces, arterial ischemia, multiple muscle, tendon losses and degloving injury on the distal thigh and knee undergoing emergency surgery due to a high-energy traffic accident and explain our experience with reconstruct...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dadaci, Mehmet, Yildirim, Mehmet Emin Cem, Uyar, Ilker, Ince, Bilsev
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iranian Society for Plastic Surgeons 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7734941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33330013
http://dx.doi.org/10.29252/wjps.9.3.339
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Sumario:Here, we present a 45-year-old male patient who had right leg fracture in several pieces, arterial ischemia, multiple muscle, tendon losses and degloving injury on the distal thigh and knee undergoing emergency surgery due to a high-energy traffic accident and explain our experience with reconstruction of below knee stump using free plantar fillet flap in order to prevent above knee amputation in a patient with vascular injuries, multi-part fractures and soft tissue losses in the lower extremity.

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