Reverse sural island flap in coverage of defects lower third of leg: a series of nine cases.

dc.contributor.author	Khainga, S O
dc.contributor.author	Githae, B
dc.contributor.author	Mutiso, V M
dc.contributor.author	Wasike, R
dc.date.accessioned	2013-04-30T13:06:58Z
dc.date.available	2013-04-30T13:06:58Z
dc.date.issued	2007-01
dc.identifier.citation	East Africa Medical Journal. 2007 Jan;84(1):38-43	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17633584
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/18092
dc.description.abstract	The distally based sural island flap was first described by Masquelet, et al., in 1992. It is a skin island flap supplied by the vascular axis of the sural nerve. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that it can be applied in coverage of difficult wound in the lower third of the leg. We treated nine patients with nine distally based sural island flaps. All the flaps survived, most of the flaps had venous congestion. The largest flap was 10 x 8 cm and Doppler was used in only one flap. This technique is easy and quick to execute without sacrificing major arteries.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Reverse sural island flap	en
dc.subject	Defects	en
dc.subject	Lower third of leg	en
dc.title	Reverse sural island flap in coverage of defects lower third of leg: a series of nine cases.	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi	en