Twenty-three cases of severeopen commiunted fractures of thetibia and fibula were treated byexternal skelatal fixation and skinflaps.The skin defects were repairedby the facio-cutaneous flaps, themusculo-cutanecus flap of the gast-rocnemius muscle or the vascularizedosteo-cutaneous flap of the ilium.Seventeen cases were followed-upfor an average of 13 months.Clinicalbony union was obtained in anaverage of 110 days. The authorsrecommended that it was a satisfact-ory method of traetment if a thoroughdebridment, reduction and fixation of the fracture by external skeletal fixation and repaire of wound and the skin defects by tissues flaps were carried out.

Citation： Chen Yixin et al.. TREATMENT OF SEVERE OPEN COMMINUTED FRACTURES OF THE TIBIA AND FIBULA BY EXTERNAL SKELETAL FIXATION AND TISSUE FLAPS. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 1990, 4(1): 1-2. doi: Copy