title: Extremity reconstruction using the "fillet of sole" flap.
abstract: Foot skin can be used in traumatic nonreplantable leg amputations as an immediate neurovascular free flap for proximal stump reconstruction. The thick, glabrous skin on the sole of the foot provides durable, sensate coverage. The flap is large, avoids a secondary donor site, and can survive on either the dorsalis pedis or posterior tibial artery if one preserves the connecting deep plantar branch of the dorsalis pedis artery. Two cases of immediate stump reconstruction using the "fillet of sole" flap are presented.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield 62702.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vitale
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Zook
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000672:Amputation Stumps / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005528:Foot / Q000601:surgery; D018409:Foot Injuries; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*