[Anterior tibial muscle hernia--reconstruction with periosteal patch plasty].
BACKGROUND
Anterior tibial muscle hernia is the most frequent lower extremities muscle hernia. The aim of this paper was to present a possibility of a new surgical technique for anterior tibial muscle hernia reparation.


METHODS
We presented three cases of anterior tibial muscle hernia in adolescents. The cases were diagnosed clinically and ultrasonographically. In all three cases reconstruction was done with periosteal patch plasty of fascial defect.


CONCLUSIONS
Easy approachable, cheap, autologous material, periost, in the frame of periosteal patch plasty, could be one of the possible solutions in anterior tibial muscle hernia treatment.
Marić
Dugan
D
Institut za zdravstvenu zastitu dece i omladine Vojvodine, Klinika za decju hirurgiju, Novi Sad, Srbija. ducamaric@gmail.com
Madić
Dejan
D
Marić
Dusica
D
Stanković
Milan
M
Smajić
Miroslav
M
D000293:Adolescent; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps