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KMID : 0896719970010010059
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Journal of the Korean Society of Foot Surgery
1997 Volume.1 No. 1 p.59 ~ p.64
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Free Flap Transplantation to the Injured Foot
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Lee Jun-Mo
Hwang Byung
Song Yun-Sang
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Abstract
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The aims of free tissue transplantation to the injured foot are to cover the exposed blood vessels, nerves, muscles, tendons and bones, to clear up infection, to lessen the morbidity, to shorten the hospitalization, and to prepare for further surgical procedures when no local or transpositioning flaps are available. Authors have carried out free flap transplantation in 13 cases of crushing injury, osteomyelitis and electrical burn in the foot at Chonbuk National University Hospital from June 1992 through May 1996. The results were as follows : 1. 9 cases of 13 (69%) were sustained from the traffic accident. 2. The dorsalis pedis free flap transplantation has been performed most frequently in 5 cases (38.5%), followed gracilis muscle flap in 4 cases(30.7%), rectus abdominis muscle flap in 2 cases(15.4%), latissimus dorsi muscle flap and upper arm flap in 1 each. 3. 6 muscle flaps were covered with split thickness skin graft 20 days after microsurgical anastomosis. 4. All of 13 cases were survived after microsurgical procedure and showed excellent coverage in the foot.
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KEYWORD
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Injured foot, Free flap transplantation
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