title: A topical negative-pressure technique with skin flap transplantation to repair lower-limb wounds with bone exposure.
abstract: The treatment of chronic skin ulcers with exposed bone in the lower extremity is difficult. The development of topical negative pressure (TNP) technology and microsurgical techniques have achieved good clinical results in the repair of such ulcers. Between January 2007 and March 2012, TNP combined with flap transfer was applied to repair lower-limb skin and soft-tissue defects associated with exposed bone in 22 cases at our hospital, and good results were achieved that are reported herein.
authors.affiliation: General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, GuangZhou, P R China.
authors.forename: Tang
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jianbing
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Biao
authors.forename: Zhu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jiangting
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult