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Objective: To investigate the clinical application of reversed sural neurofasciocutaneous flaps in children.
Methods: From January 2002 to January 2007, 16 children patients with deep defect of foot and ankle were treated with reversed sural neurofasciocutaneous flaps. The size of the flaps ranged from 6.5 cm x 5.0 cm to 17 cm x 10 cm. The upper margin of the flaps reached the upper one-third of the leg in 10 cases, with 2 cases reaching the popliteal fossa and 1 case reaching 1.5 cm above the transverse line of popliteal fossa.
Results: The flaps survived completely in 14 cases. There were partial necrosis at the distal end of flap in one case and superficial necrosis at the distal end of the flap in one case. The wounds were healed spontaneously after secondary suture and dressing change. The patients were followed up for 2 - 46 months with good aesthetic results.
Conclusions: The reverse sural neurofasciocutaneous flaps in children has a reliable survival area, which can reach the upper on -third of the leg until the transverse line of popliteal fossa. It is an ideal reconstructive method for deep defect of foot and ankle.
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Int J Surg Case Rep
February 2024
Department of Burn & Plastic Surgery, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, 2 Zhe Shan West Road, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, People's Republic of China. Electronic address:
Introduction: The sural neuro-fasciocutaneous flap is widely used for reconstructing skin defects in the lower calf. Variations of the sural nerve in the calf are infrequent, which may require a variation in the traditional surgical procedure.
Case Presentation: A 76-year-old male patient had soft tissue defect of the right lateral ankle and lower leg caused by an accident 18 years ago.
Injury
November 2022
Department of Wound Healing, The Quzhou Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Quzhou, China. Electronic address:
Background: Skin and soft-tissue defects around the foot and ankle remain a challenge for orthopedic and plastic surgeons. Anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap and sural neurofasciocutaneous (NFC) flap are both used to reconstruct lower-extremity soft-tissue defects. The purpose of this study was to compare outcomes of the two flaps and attempt to provide an optimal strategy.
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January 2022
Department of Orthopedics, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Objectives: To summarize our experience with the sural neurofasciocutaneous flap for reconstructing the soft tissue defects over the forefoot distal to the connecting line of midpoints in the metatarsal bones, and to compare the outcomes between the flap for resurfacing the defects distal and proximal to the connecting line.
Methods: The clinical data of 425 sural neurofasciocutaneous flaps for repairing the soft tissue defects in the middle and lower leg, ankle, and foot between Apr. 2002 and Apr.
Pak J Med Sci
January 2022
Yan Jia, Physical Examination, Baoding First Central Hospital, Baoding, Hebei 071000, China.
Objectives: To observe and analyse the efficacy of retrograde sural neurofasciocutaneous flap repair combined with Jingulian capsules to treat foot and ankle soft tissue defects.
Methods: One hundred and eighty patients with foot and ankle soft tissue defects were enrolled in the study from January 2016 to June 2019 in The Second Department of General Surgery,Baoding First Central Hospital. They were divided into a study group and a reference group with the same case number.
Ann Chir Plast Esthet
March 2022
Service de chirurgie plastique et reconstructrice, centre de traitement des brûlés adultes et enfants, CHU de Nantes, 1, place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44000 Nantes, France.
Background: The neurocutaneous sural flap is useful to cover defects of the distal quarter of the lower limb. Nevertheless, severe complications occur in 14% of the cases, and venous congestion is reported in 75% of these cases. This congestion can lead to total necrosis of the flap and a failure of the procedure.
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