title: Cross-leg free flap for emergency extremity salvage: case report.
abstract: The use of a cross-leg free flap and consequent limb salvage was successfully performed in a 10-year-old boy with a compound open fracture of the tibia, involving extensive skin and soft-tissue loss. This method should be kept in mind, as it may sometimes, in an emergency situation, lead to lower-extremity salvage, as in the case reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Topalan
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ermis
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002648:Child; D003646:Debridement; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*