• Journal of orthopaedics · Mar 2014

    Simultaneous soft tissue coverage of both medial and lateral ankle wounds: Sural and rotational flap coverage after revision fixation in an infected diabetic ankle fracture.

    • Andrew P Schannen, Kaoru Goshima, Leonard Daniel Latt, and Gregory L Desilva.
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.
    • J Orthop. 2014 Mar 1; 11 (1): 19-22.

    AimsTo describe a case of simultaneous medial and lateral soft tissue coverage for exposed orthopaedic implants in the setting of revision fixation of a non-united ankle fracture. This was achieved using a sural flap as well as a propeller flap.MethodsCase report.ResultsBoth the sural and posterior tibial artery based rotational propeller flap healed without incident. The underlying fracture healed successfully and the patient returned to normal shoe wear.ConclusionsThe sural flap in conjunction with the posterior tibial artery based rotational flap is effective in providing simultaneous medial and lateral soft tissue coverage to the ankle.

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