title: Acute shortening and angulation for limb salvage in a paediatric patient with a high-energy blast injury.
abstract: We present the case of an 8-year-old girl casualty of the Syrian conflict who arrived with open fractures of the right tibia and fibula with extensive bone and soft tissue loss as well as an open fracture of the left calcaneus as the result of a high-energy blast injury. She was successfully treated with repeated debridement procedures, external fixation with acute temporary shortening and angulation of the right leg and skin grafting to both lower limbs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel.
authors.forename: Yoav Yechezkel
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Pikkel
authors.forename: Jessica Jeanne
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Shokrey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kassis
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lerner
mesh_terms: D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005360:Fibula / Q000293:injuries*; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D023821:Limb Salvage / Q000379:methods*; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D014857:Warfare