title: Current Concepts in Lower Extremity Reconstruction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Understand the existing principles for lower extremity reconstruction for both traumatic and ablative defects. 2. Understand the important factors for lower extremity reconstruction-based anatomical regions. 3. Discuss perforator flaps and their application in lower extremity reconstruction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Gustilo-Anderson open fracture classification is briefly reviewed. A comprehensive overview of the available flaps and methods for lower extremity reconstruction is provided.
authors.affiliation: Cleveland, Ohio; and Durham and Charlotte, N.C. From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center; the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center; and OrthoCarolina, Carolinas Medical Center.
authors.forename: Hooman
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soltanian
authors.forename: Ryan M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Scott T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hollenbeck
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps