Double free-flap for a bimalleolar defect of lower leg and ankle

Double free-flaps are necessary when tissue cover cannot be sufficed with a single flap. The other factors to be considered when using two free flaps for resurfacing of distal limb defects are the availability of more than one recipient vessel, the risk of distal limb ischaemia and the donor site mo...

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Main Authors: Naren Shetty, Narendra S. Mashalkar, Sunder Raj Ellur, Karishma Kagodu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2016-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.182250