title: Emergency free-tissue transfer to salvage the partially amputated foot of a 2-year-old boy.
abstract: We report about a 2-year-old boy who had a lawn mower injury to the left foot, resulting in a partial amputation and severe soft-tissue defect. To salvage the length of the foot, an emergency free-tissue transfer was performed. Indication, advantages, and outcome of the procedure are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Leopold-Franzens University, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. gottfried.wechselberger@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: Gottfried
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wechselberger
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pülzl
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schoeller
mesh_terms: D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000637:transplantation*; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D016896:Treatment Outcome