title: Two different flaps for reconstruction of gunshot wounds to the foot and ankle in a child.
abstract: An 8-year-old boy was shot in his right foot and ankle, which resulted in soft tissue lesions of the medial malleolus and lateral calcaneus, fracture of the medial malleolus, and partial loss of the calcaneus. We designed a distally based sural flap and a posterior tibial perforator flap for reconstruction of soft tissue defects at the lateral aspect of the calcaneus and the medial malleolus, respectively. Both flaps survived successfully, and the boy had a normal gait during follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Department, the General Hospital of Jinan Military Command, Jinan 250031, China. llf919@sina.com
authors.forename: Lifeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Xuecheng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Jinfang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061525:Perforator Flap; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery*