New methods of skin replacement in leg injuries.
Problems relating to the management of traumatic skin loss of the lower extremity and methods of replacement are discussed with emphasis on several new methods namely, muscle flaps. foot flaps carried on its own blood vessels are nerve as an island flap and free microvascular flaps. Cases treated by these methods are illustrated.
D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D005528:Foot; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery