title: Reduction calcaneoplasty and local muscle rotation flap as a salvage option for calcaneal osteomyelitis with soft tissue defect.
abstract: Plantar heel wounds with infection remain a surgical challenge. Reduction calcaneoplasty combined with local muscle flap is an alternative technique to achieve limb salvage when standard wound therapy fails to resolve complex wounds of the plantar heel complicated by osteomyelitis of the calcaneus.
authors.affiliation: Foot and Ankle Section, Department of Orthopaedics, Marshfield, WI, USA. bibbo.christopher@marshfieldclinic.org
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bibbo
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Stough
mesh_terms: D002111:Calcaneus / Q000601:surgery*; D003646:Debridement; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000637:transplantation*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016879:Salvage Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014945:Wound Healing