The lateral calcaneal flap for sensate heel reconstruction revisited.
Defects of the heel can be difficult to treat because they require a thin, sensate, soft-tissue cover. The lateral calcaneal flap can provide this type of reconstruction in selected patients. A 27-year-old man had a painful defect in a grafted heel that prevented him from working. A satisfactory painless heel was provided by resurfacing the area with a lateral calcaneal flap. The donor defect was minimized by interfascicular dissection of the sural nerve.
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Department of Surgery, North York General Hospital, Ont.
D000328:Adult; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000601:surgery*; D006365:Heel / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*