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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 100-B, Issue SUPP_17 | Pages 23 - 23
1 Dec 2018
Suda AJ Mohr J
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Aim

Soft tissue defects of the lower leg can be closed - following the reconstructive ladder - with a pediculated fasciocutaneous suralis flap, but a free flap is gold standard in most of the cases. Aim of the study was to evaluate complications, risk factors for failure and the reasonableness of this procedure.

Method

91 patients (92 flaps, 70 males, 21 females) with a mean Age of 55 years (16 to 87) were included in the study. The patients had mean four surgical procedures before the flap, the follow-up was mean 407 days. 70 patients were classified ASA I or ASA II.