title: Local flap coverage following posteromedial release in clubfoot surgery in older children.
abstract: We present our experience of avoiding skin problems in older children with severe clubfoot deformity. We used a local transpositional flap coverage during wound closure following posteromedial release. We present our experience in five cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, 575001, India. bjkamath@satyam.net.in
authors.forename: B Jagannath
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Kamath
authors.forename: Praveen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003025:Clubfoot / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*