Is sural flap a reliable option for wound coverage around the ankle?

Is sural flap a reliable option for wound coverage around the ankle?

Soft tissue coverage in the distal tibia, heel and ankle remain a challenging issue in orthopaedic surgery. Free flap is considered the best option, however, distally based reverse sural flap seems effective in relatively small wounds or in unfit patients. The ischaemic complications for sural flap...

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Main Authors: Mohd Yusof, Nazri, Sulong, Ahmad Fadzli, Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
RD701 Orthopedics
RD92 Wounds and injuries
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spelling iium-508592018-05-22T03:11:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/50859/ Is sural flap a reliable option for wound coverage around the ankle? Mohd Yusof, Nazri Sulong, Ahmad Fadzli Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff RD701 Orthopedics RD92 Wounds and injuries Soft tissue coverage in the distal tibia, heel and ankle remain a challenging issue in orthopaedic surgery. Free flap is considered the best option, however, distally based reverse sural flap seems effective in relatively small wounds or in unfit patients. The ischaemic complications for sural flap could reach 36%, therefore, a two stage procedure was introduced. Improved outcome has been attributed to the choke vessels opening up, in which they form communicating vessels between the adjacent perforators and the angiosome territory. Following a review of our practice, we began performing a delayed (2 stage) procedure for patients with comorbidities or large wounds distal to the ankle with no ischaemic complications. 2016-05-27 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50859/1/50859.pdf Mohd Yusof, Nazri and Sulong, Ahmad Fadzli and Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff (2016) Is sural flap a reliable option for wound coverage around the ankle? In: 3rd AOTrauma Asia Pacific Scientific Congress & TK Experts' Symposiium 2016, 27th-28th May 2016, Chengdu, China. (Unpublished) http://www.aotapcongress.org/index.php
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topic RD701 Orthopedics
RD92 Wounds and injuries
spellingShingle RD701 Orthopedics
RD92 Wounds and injuries
Mohd Yusof, Nazri
Sulong, Ahmad Fadzli
Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff
Is sural flap a reliable option for wound coverage around the ankle?
description Soft tissue coverage in the distal tibia, heel and ankle remain a challenging issue in orthopaedic surgery. Free flap is considered the best option, however, distally based reverse sural flap seems effective in relatively small wounds or in unfit patients. The ischaemic complications for sural flap could reach 36%, therefore, a two stage procedure was introduced. Improved outcome has been attributed to the choke vessels opening up, in which they form communicating vessels between the adjacent perforators and the angiosome territory. Following a review of our practice, we began performing a delayed (2 stage) procedure for patients with comorbidities or large wounds distal to the ankle with no ischaemic complications.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohd Yusof, Nazri
Sulong, Ahmad Fadzli
Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff
author_facet Mohd Yusof, Nazri
Sulong, Ahmad Fadzli
Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff
author_sort Mohd Yusof, Nazri
title Is sural flap a reliable option for wound coverage around the ankle?
title_short Is sural flap a reliable option for wound coverage around the ankle?
title_full Is sural flap a reliable option for wound coverage around the ankle?
title_fullStr Is sural flap a reliable option for wound coverage around the ankle?
title_full_unstemmed Is sural flap a reliable option for wound coverage around the ankle?
title_sort is sural flap a reliable option for wound coverage around the ankle?
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/50859/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/50859/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/50859/1/50859.pdf
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