Successful detachment of cross-leg fasciocutaneous flaps on the tenth day: a report of 10 cases.
A series of 10 patients is presented in whom cross-leg fasciocutaneous flaps were detached on the tenth day without any subsequent complication or loss. All the flaps were designed with a distal fascial extension that might have helped neovascularisation of the flap. The paper also includes a description of the nature of the fasciocutaneous flap in the leg, comments on the neovascularisation of flaps and a brief analysis of the economics of a skin flap transfer.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005205:Fascia / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery