title: Free rectus abdominis muscle flap with plantar skingraft--a combined method of aesthetic and functional reconstruction of the heel.
abstract: A 16-year-old girl presented with a contusion of the left calcaneus that was treated by combined free rectus abdominis muscle flap and plantar skin graft. The main advantages of this procedure are that it replaces weight-bearing skin of the heel with histologically similar skin from the instep, and the fibrofatty pad of the heel with muscle; it provides a good cosmetic result in the heel, and the scars of the donor site are well-hidden.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical Faculty of Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey. akaraca@omu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karacalar
authors.forename: Serhat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: öZbek
authors.forename: Mesut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: öZcan
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006365:Heel / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D016896:Treatment Outcome