title: [The clinical application of cross-leg flaps for coverage of bone exposure on the leg].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the cross-leg flap for repairing the soft tissue defect of the leg.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-tree patients with exposure wounds on the leg were selected for the treatment by using different kinds of the cross-leg flaps, including 5 in medial knee skin flap, 12 in gastrocnemius myo-cutaneous flap and 6 in posterior calf fascial skin flap.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients were successfully treated with the complete survival of the flaps. No infection occurred. The results were good with the long-term follow-ups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The method of the cross-leg flap is a safe and good way for repairing the soft tissue defects of the leg with the advantages such as color and texture of the transplanted tissue to be matched the recipient well.
authors.affiliation: Central Hospital of Nang Yang City, Nang Yang 473009, China.
authors.forename: Xiangye
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xinjian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Kuang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing