title: Two consecutive repairs of the lower limb with a single gastrocnemius musculocutaneous cross-leg flap.
abstract: The medial gastrocnemius musculocutaneous flap and the Hoffmann apparatus give new freedom of action in the design  of cross-leg flaps. In a patient with two lower limb defects, consecutive transfer of the same flap to both defects was carried out without incident, and the Hoffman apparatus was removed on the sixteenth postoperative day.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D001858:Bone Nails; D001915:Braces; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000293:injuries; D005528:Foot / Q000601:surgery; D018409:Foot Injuries; D006365:Heel / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013177:Sports; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous