Combined vascularized fibula and peroneal composite-flap transfer for severe heat-press injury of the forearm. |
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| Authors: | I Koshima H Higaki S Soeda |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Plastic Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | A free combined vascularized fibula and peroneal composite flap was transferred to the forearm in a patient with a severely damaged forearm following a heat-press injury. The operative technique, postoperative management, and subsequent clinical course are described, and the advantages of this method are outlined. Not only can the fibula now be used as a free vascularized bone graft in simple bone defects, but further applications, such as a combined fibula and peroneal composite flap, can be employed in the treatment of severely damaged forearms. |
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