A one-stage reconstruction of a large defect of the tendo Achilles and the overlying skin.
This presentation describes the simultaneous one-stage reconstruction, in a 14-year-old boy, of a missing fragment of the Achilles tendon and the skin covering the lower and posterior aspect of the leg.
D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D005205:Fascia / Q000637:transplantation*; D005206:Fascia Lata / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps