Amputation salvage with microvascular free flap from the amputated extremity

J Trauma. 1987 Mar;27(3):326-9. doi: 10.1097/00005373-198703000-00020.

Abstract

Microvascular surgery has allowed creative primary reconstruction using undamaged parts of amputated limbs as donor sites. We present a case of lower extremity below-knee amputation salvage with a free flap of heel, calcaneus, and soft tissues from the amputated lower leg, ankle, and foot supplied by the posterior tibial neurovascular bundle.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amputation Stumps
  • Amputation, Traumatic / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Leg Injuries / surgery*
  • Male
  • Microsurgery*
  • Surgical Flaps*
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures*