Lateral superamalleolar island flap on the repair of foot and ankle defect of skin and soft tissue:16 cases report
WANG Zi-tian
LI Xin
YANG Biao
Abstract：Objective To explore the clinical effect of lateral superamalleolar island flap on the repair of foot and ankle defect of skin and soft tissue. Methods Totally 16 cases suffered from foot and ankle defect of skin and soft tissue were collected from 2012 February to 2015 June for a retrospective analysis. All patients received emergency debridement and carried on the selective surgery of the flap repairing after the wound recovered. Results The average time of operation was 120 minutes and the loss of blood was 200 ml. The flaps were primarily healed in 12 cases. Subcutaneous hematocele and flap turning purple occurred in 3 cases and the symptoms alleviated and then the flaps healed after taking out partial stit-ches. The necrosis of partial edge of the flap occurred in 1 case at 3 days postoperatively,and the wound recovered when the necrotic edge of flap was cut off and intensive changing dressings was performed. All patients were followed up for 3 to 8 months with a mean duration of 6 months. The feature and color of the flap had a good similarity with the skin and soft tissue around the recipient site. The daily life was not influenced after the surgery. Conclusion It is satisfactory to cure foot and ankle defect of skin and soft tissue with lateral superamalleolar island flap,which is a reliable treatment.
Keywords：Lateral superamalleolar island flapSurgical flapSkin and soft tissue defect
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 40-41,45 )