title: Free flaps for the treatment of avulsion injuries in the feet.
abstract: Forty children treated with free-tissue transfer for soft-tissue coverage of the dorsum of the foot were studied during a follow-up period that ranged from 3 months to 5 years after surgery. Avulsion injuries to the foot were commonly caused by being struck by a vehicle. In 37 of the 40 cases, radical debridement of all devitalized tissue, reconstruction of avulsed tendons and ligaments, and bone fixation were followed by free-flap cover as a one-stage procedure, and, in three cases, as a secondary procedure. Various flaps were used, and although no definite conclusions can be drawn as to which flap performed best, the newer, thinner type of fasciocutaneous flaps yielded promising results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rajacic
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Lari
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Khalaf
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kersnic
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000601:surgery*; D018409:Foot Injuries; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome