Amputation salvage with microvascular free flap from the amputated extremity.
Microvascular surgery has allowed creative primary reconstruction using undamaged parts of amputated limbs as donor sites. We present a case of lower extremity below-knee amputation salvage with a free flap of heel, calcaneus, and soft tissues from the amputated lower leg, ankle, and foot supplied by the posterior tibial neurovascular bundle.
D000328:Adult; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures