Microsurgical treatment of disorders of leg and foot — A report of 40 cases

Abstract

Since 1979, the authors have performed five types of microsurgical flap (including myocutaneous flap) graft to treat 40 patients with disorders of leg and foot. In the treatment of inflammatory diseases, good results were obtained owing to the following important points: 1) the operation was performed with inflammation well controlled or localized, particularly in chronic osteomyelitis; 2) indication for each type of microsurgical flap was made carefully; 3) isolation of flap was carried out gently, bleedings were thoroughly stopped by ligation.

Keywords

free omental transplantation / dorsalis pedis flap / island myocutaneous flap / gastrocnemius myocutaneous flap / free scapular flap transfer

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