Repair of skin and soft tissue loss of the lower leg with cross-leg flaps.
Forty patients with severe leg injuries associated with skin or soft tissue loss were treated. Cross-leg flaps were used. The flaps healed well. Special attention was paid to the pre- and postoperative periods of disability of the patients. The former were very long (37.7 months) compared to the latter (10.5 months) which ceased when the patient became fit for work.
D002648:Child; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014945:Wound Healing