An alternative method to free flap for distal leg and foot defects due to electrical burn injury: distally based cross-leg sural flap

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ESER C., KESİKTAŞ E., GENCEL E., ASLANER E. E., Yavuz M.

ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY, cilt.22, sa.1, ss.46-51, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5505/tjtes.2015.35306
  • Dergi Adı: ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.46-51
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Distally-based sural flap, free flap, high-voltage electrical injury, FREE TISSUE TRANSFERS, NEUROFASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAPS, FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAPS, ANKLE, COVERAGE, EXPERIENCE
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

BACKGROUND: High voltage electrical injuries can cause devastating results especially in distal extremities. Although free flaps are the golden standards for the reconstruction of these defects, sometimes local flap alternatives are more useful. One of the most favorable local flap is distally based sural flap (DBSF), which can be used in cross-leg fashion when ipsilateral extremity is affected by a high voltage electrical injury. The purpose of this study was to evaluate long term results of eleven patients who underwent a reconstruction to the lower extremity with cross-leg DBSF due to high voltage electrical burn injury between the years of 2003-2013.