Heel replantation.
A 14-year-old boy presented with oblique amputation of the heel through the calcaneum. The heel fragment was successfully replanted but the postoperative course was complicated by venous insufficiency requiring further venous anastomosis and attributed to tension in the skin closure.
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Vilnius University Red Cross Hospital, Lithuania.
D000293:Adolescent; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000293:injuries; D006365:Heel / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D012092:Replantation / Q000379:methods*