Utilising the MTP plantar fat: a novel approach in Syme's amputation

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2015 Jan;68(1):126-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2014.08.060. Epub 2014 Aug 30.

Authors

L L Touil¹, K J Lindsay², K Anderson², D Bell²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery, Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Prescot, Merseyside, United Kingdom. Electronic address: leilatouil@live.co.uk.
² Department of Plastic Surgery, Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Prescot, Merseyside, United Kingdom.

PMID: 25227331
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2014.08.060

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic
Adipose Tissue / transplantation*
Amputation, Surgical / methods*
Calcaneus / injuries
Calcaneus / surgery
Combined Modality Therapy / methods
Follow-Up Studies
Foot Injuries / diagnosis
Foot Injuries / surgery*
Fractures, Open / surgery*
Heel / injuries*
Heel / surgery*
Humans
Injury Severity Score
Male
Middle Aged
Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
Surgical Flaps / blood supply
Surgical Flaps / transplantation
Treatment Outcome
Wound Healing / physiology