title: [Value of a free osteocutaneous flap from the second metatarsal bone in the management of substance loss in the forearm, caused by gunshot wounds. Apropos of an experience in 28 cases].
abstract: The authors report their experience of the secondary treatment of forearm defects secondary to gunshot injuries. The lesions encountered involved both soft tissues and bone. After using classical techniques consisting of fibula or iliac crest osteocutaneous free flaps, they used, whenever possible, a second metatarsal osteocutaneous free flap, which enabled them to conduct a comparative study of these different procedures and they concluded on the superiority of this latter type of flap. Their experience is based on 28 cases, including 16 cases of second metatarsal osteocutaneous free flap.
authors.affiliation: Département de Microchirurgie et de Chirurgie Reconstructrice, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Téhéran, Iran.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gousheh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Razian
mesh_terms: D005360:Fibula / Q000637:transplantation; D005543:Forearm Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008682:Metatarsal Bones / Q000637:transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Intérêt du lambeau libre ostéocutané du deuxième métatarsien dans le traitement des pertes de substance de l'avant-bras secondaries à un traumatisme balistique. A propos d'une expérience de 28 cas.