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Repairing skin and soft tissue defects around malleolus with flaps based medial supramalleolar branches of the posterior tibial artery

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Journal Title:
JOURNAL OF THE FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Issue:
24
DOI:
10.3321/j.issn:1000-2790.2009.24.070
Key Word:
皮肤软组织缺损;胫后动脉;皮瓣;修复;skin and soft tissue defect;posterior tibial artery;skin flap;repair

Abstract: AIM:To investigate the effect of using skin flaps based on medial supramalleolar branches of the posterior tibial artery for repairing skin and soft tissue defects around malleolus.METHODS:Eleven cases of skin and soft tissue defects around malleolus,including 7 cases of trauma,3 cases of burns and 1 case of hemangioma were treated with using flaps based medial supramalleolar branches of the posterior tibial artery with an area ranged from 30 cm~2 to 136 cm~2.Eight cases were transferred from ipsilateral legs and 3 cases were transferred from contralateral legs.RESULTS:All cases were survived soundly and there were no complication occurrence during treatment.With 12 months fellow-up all cases were obtained satisfactory result.CONCLUSION:The flaps based on medial supramalleolar branches of the posterior tibial artery with the advantage of minimal invasive,simple manipulating and the avoidance of sacrificing the major arteries is an effective and convenient method to repair skin and soft tissue defect around the malleolus.

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