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- Title
Free flap reconstruction of Achilles tendon and overlying skin defect using ALT and TFL fabricated chimeric flap.
- Authors
Ando, Junji; Sakuraba, Minoru; Sugawara, Atsushi; Goto, Aya; Azuma, Shuchi; Mitsuhashi, Nobuyuki; Sasaki, Kousuke; Sone, Itaru
- Abstract
A 33-year-old man developed a left Achilles tendon rupture and skin necrosis. We reconstructed the defect using an anterolateral thigh flap and a tensor fasciae lata muscle flap in a chimeric fashion. he was able to stand on a toe of the operated foot without help 6 months postoperatively.
- Subjects
ACHILLES tendon; FREE flaps; ACHILLES tendon rupture; SKIN; THIGH
- Publication
Case Reports in Plastic Surgery & Hand Surgery, 2019, Vol 6, Issue 1, p82
- ISSN
2332-0885
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1080/23320885.2019.1635023