title: Prefabricated flap to repair heel defect of child.
abstract: The coverage of large soft tissue defects in heel is a problem for surgical reconstruction. Various reconstructive materials are available depending on the location, size and depth of heel defect, but unique function of heel skin cannot be restored easily by means of reconstruction. We used prefabricated flap of the foot heel to cover heel defect in a child and obtained satisfactory clinical results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Orthopaedics and Traumatology Hospital of Taizhou, Wenling 317500, Zhejiang Province, China. 668zgl@163.com
authors.forename: Gong-lin
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jian-hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Gan-sheng
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D002648:Child; D006365:Heel / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps