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- Title
Coverage of below elbow amputation stump with a soft‑tissue periosteal flap.
- Authors
Patil, Rahul Krishnarao; Abdel Hamed, Ahmed Osama; Venugopal, Srinivasan; Cherian, Mahil; Malhotra, Gopal
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a young patient, who presented with amputation of hand and degloving of the skin from the upper arm. It mentions that the replantation procedure was not possible in patient due to the extent of injury. It reveals that soft tissue periosteal flap was used for coverage of the below elbow stump.
- Subjects
AMPUTATION; REIMPLANTATION (Surgery); SURGICAL flaps; RESIDUAL limbs
- Publication
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2016, Vol 49, Issue 2, p284
- ISSN
0970-0358
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/0970-0358.191317