DISTALLY BASED FASCIOCUTANEOUS SURAL FLAP FOR SOFT TISSUE COVERING OF AN OPEN NEGLECTED TIBIAL FRACTURE: CASE PRESENTATION
Open fractures are orthopedic emergencies that require immediate surgical intervention in order to provide fracture stabilization and to prevent development of osteitis. We present the case of a 33-years-old patient presented in our clinic for a type IIIB neglected open fracture of the distal tibia....
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doaj-ec463b07423f442681b8aeef43f0b79d2020-11-25T02:19:50ZengBalkan Medical UnionArchives of the Balkan Medical Union1584-92442558-815X2020-03-01551159162https://doi.org/10.31688/ABMU.2020.55.1.20DISTALLY BASED FASCIOCUTANEOUS SURAL FLAP FOR SOFT TISSUE COVERING OF AN OPEN NEGLECTED TIBIAL FRACTURE: CASE PRESENTATIONFlorin GROSEANU0Roxana MORARU1Cristian BUDICA2 Bogdan SOCEA3Gabriela SOARE4Stefan CRISTEA5 Clinical Emergency Hospital St. Pantelimon, Department of Orthopedics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Carol Davila“, Bucharest, RomaniaBucharest, Romania, Clinical Emergency Hospital St. Pantelimon, Department of Orthopedics, Bucharest, RomaniaClinical Emergency Hospital St. Pantelimon, Department of Orthopedics, Bucharest, Romania University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Carol Davila“, Bucharest, Romania, Clinical Emergency Hospital St. Pantelimon, Department of General Surgery, Bucharest, Romania University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Carol Davila“, Bucharest, Romania, Clinical Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, 1st Clinic of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Bucharest, Romania Clinical Emergency Hospital St. Pantelimon, Department of Orthopedics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Carol Davila“, Bucharest, RomaniaBucharest, Romania, Open fractures are orthopedic emergencies that require immediate surgical intervention in order to provide fracture stabilization and to prevent development of osteitis. We present the case of a 33-years-old patient presented in our clinic for a type IIIB neglected open fracture of the distal tibia. We used external fixation for fracture stabilization and a distal based fasciocutaneous sural flap for covering the wound. The purpose was to obtain union of the tibia and reducing the risk of infection. The results at 6 months are good, but the patient needs to be closely followed in time.https://umbalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20.DISTALLY-BASED-FASCIOCUTANEOUS-SURAL-FLAP.pdfopen tibial fracturesoft tissue defectexternal fixationsural flap |
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Florin GROSEANU Roxana MORARU Cristian BUDICA Bogdan SOCEA Gabriela SOARE Stefan CRISTEA DISTALLY BASED FASCIOCUTANEOUS SURAL FLAP FOR SOFT TISSUE COVERING OF AN OPEN NEGLECTED TIBIAL FRACTURE: CASE PRESENTATION Archives of the Balkan Medical Union open tibial fracture soft tissue defect external fixation sural flap |
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Florin GROSEANU Roxana MORARU Cristian BUDICA Bogdan SOCEA Gabriela SOARE Stefan CRISTEA |
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DISTALLY BASED FASCIOCUTANEOUS SURAL FLAP FOR SOFT TISSUE COVERING OF AN OPEN NEGLECTED TIBIAL FRACTURE: CASE PRESENTATION |
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DISTALLY BASED FASCIOCUTANEOUS SURAL FLAP FOR SOFT TISSUE COVERING OF AN OPEN NEGLECTED TIBIAL FRACTURE: CASE PRESENTATION |
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DISTALLY BASED FASCIOCUTANEOUS SURAL FLAP FOR SOFT TISSUE COVERING OF AN OPEN NEGLECTED TIBIAL FRACTURE: CASE PRESENTATION |
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DISTALLY BASED FASCIOCUTANEOUS SURAL FLAP FOR SOFT TISSUE COVERING OF AN OPEN NEGLECTED TIBIAL FRACTURE: CASE PRESENTATION |
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DISTALLY BASED FASCIOCUTANEOUS SURAL FLAP FOR SOFT TISSUE COVERING OF AN OPEN NEGLECTED TIBIAL FRACTURE: CASE PRESENTATION |
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distally based fasciocutaneous sural flap for soft tissue covering of an open neglected tibial fracture: case presentation |
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Balkan Medical Union |
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Archives of the Balkan Medical Union |
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Open fractures are orthopedic emergencies that require immediate surgical intervention in order to provide fracture stabilization and to prevent development of osteitis. We present the case of a 33-years-old patient presented in our clinic for a type IIIB neglected open fracture of the distal tibia. We used external fixation for fracture stabilization and a distal based fasciocutaneous sural flap for covering the wound. The purpose was to obtain union of the tibia and reducing the risk of infection. The results at 6 months are good, but the patient needs to be closely followed in time. |
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open tibial fracture soft tissue defect external fixation sural flap |
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