title: Soft tissue procedures for reconstruction of tibial shaft fractures.
abstract: Seven cases are reported to illustrate the various soft tissue procedures employed for reconstructing severely injured legs with tibial fractures. Microvascular free tissue transfer is a new and often successful solution to some of the most difficult of all lower limb open fractures.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*