• Department of Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi Guizhou, 563009, P.R.China;
SUNGuangfeng, Email: sgfzyt@163.com
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Objective To investigate the effectiveness of the free medial sural artery perforator flap for repairing anterior dorsal foot wound. Methods Between January 2010 and April 2015, 16 patients with skin and soft tissue defects of the anterior foot dorsal side were treated. There were 12 males and 4 females with the average age of 35 years (mean, 16-58 years). The disease causes included burn in 5 cases, traffic accident injury in 8 cases, and crush injury in 3 cases. The time from injury to admission was 2-30 hours (mean, 6.5 hours). The wound area ranged from 4 cm×3 cm to 10 cm×7 cm; combined injury included defects of lateral collateral ligament and joint capsule in 3 cases, and bone exposure in 12 cases, and all had exposure of tendon. Wounds were repaired with the medial sural artery perforator flap in 13 cases, and with medial sural artery perforator composite tissue flap carrying of medial head of gastrocnemius muscle flap in 3 cases. The size of flaps ranged from 5 cm×4 cm to 11 cm×8 cm. The donor site was sutured directly or was repaired with skin grafting. Results All flaps survived well and wounds healed with stage I; skin grafts at donor site survived and the incision healed with stage I. All patients were followed up 6-36 months (mean, 11 months). The appearance of skin flap was satisfactory, without overstaffed; the joint of reconstructed ligament was stable, without secondary deformity. There was no obvious depression at the donor site, and no effect on the function. Conclusion The medial sural artery perforator flap has the advantages of relatively constant perforator anatomy, reliable blood supply, and carries the gastrocnemius muscle flap for repair of compound tissue defect. It is one of better ways to repair the anterior dorsal foot wound.

Citation: SUNGuangfeng, NIEKaiyu, QIJianping, JINWenhu, LIShujun, ZHANGZiyang, WEIZairong, WANGDali. FREE MEDIAL SURAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP FOR REPAIRING ANTERIOR DORSAL FOOT WOUND. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2016, 30(3): 378-381. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.20160074 Copy

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