Cross-leg free muscle flaps for reconstruction of open fractures of the tibia.
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1994Author
Hodgkinson, PD
Andhoga, M
Wilson, GR
McLean, NR
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In two patients in whom the injured leg was not suitable for reconstruction using a routine free tissue transfer, a cross-leg free muscle flap was used, i.e. the vessels of a free muscle flap were anastomosed to donor vessels on the uninjured leg and the muscle flap used to reconstruct a defect on the opposite leg. Both operations were successful, with the transferred muscle becoming well vascularized from the recipient bed at the site of injury. In both cases, use of the uninjured leg to transfer the free flap caused minimal morbidity.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7829183http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/32022
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Injury. 1994 Dec;25(10):637-40Publisher
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Newcastle General Hospital, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi
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