Use of cross-leg flap for wound complications resulting from open pilon fracture.
Pilon fractures and associated soft-tissue complications present treatment challenges for orthopedic surgeons. Open fractures may require additional soft-tissue coverage. When local soft tissues do not allow for viable coverage, a cross-leg flap is available as a salvage procedure with successful outcomes. To our knowledge, there have been no previous reports of using cross-leg flaps for wound complications in high-energy pilon fractures.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard-Boston Shoulder Institute, Boston, MA. orthosood@gmail.com.
Amit
A
Sood
Babak
B
Khamsi
Ramazi
R
Datiashvili
Wayne S
WS
Berberian
D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult