title: Plantar heel reconstruction with a sensate plantar medial artery musculocutaneous pedicled island flap after wide excision of melanoma.
abstract: Reconstruction of soft tissue defects in the plantar heel pad presents a surgical challenge that requires replacing the lost tissue with another tissue having similarly unique physical characteristics. This case report describes a reconstruction of the plantar heel pad after wide excision of a heel melanoma, using a sensate plantar medial artery musculocutaneous pedicled island flap.
authors.affiliation: Foot and Ankle Section, Department of Orthopaedics, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA. bibbo.christopher@marshfieldclinic.org
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bibbo
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006365:Heel / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*