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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zhong, Lin
• He, Liang
• Yin, Dong
• Jin, Zhe
• Niu, Yang
• Wang, Zifu
• Huang, Jun
• Zhou, Tao
• Zhou, Ding
• Zhou, Hongxiang

Titel

Application of anterolateral thigh bridge flap with free skin graft wrapping vascular bridge in complex calf soft tissue defects

Ist Teil von

• Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi, 2022-05, Vol.36 (5), p.619-624

Ort / Verlag

China

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

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Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To explore the effectiveness of anterolateral thigh bridge flap with free skin graft wrapping vascular bridge in repairing complex calf soft tissue defects. The clinical data of 11 patients with complex calf soft tissue defects between April 2018 and October 2021 were retrospectively analyzed, including 9 males and 2 females, aged 11-60 years, with a median age of 39 years. There were 8 cases of calf soft tissue defect caused by traffic accident, and 3 cases of calf skin infection caused by chronic osteomyelitis. The skin and soft tissue defects ranged from 10 cm×8 cm to 35 cm×10 cm after thorough debridement and accompanied with bone and tendon exposure. There was only one main vessel in calf of 9 cases and no blood vessel that could be anastomosed with the flap vessel could be found in the recipient site of 2 cases. The anterolateral thigh skin flap (the flap size ranged from 12 cm×10 cm to 37 cm×12 cm) was taken to repair the soft tissue defect. The donor site of the flap was treated with direct suture (8