Reduction calcaneoplasty and local muscle rotation flap as a salvage option for calcaneal osteomyelitis with soft tissue defect.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2012
Abstract
Plantar heel wounds with infection remain a surgical challenge. Reduction calcaneoplasty combined with local muscle flap is an alternative technique to achieve limb salvage when standard wound therapy fails to resolve complex wounds of the plantar heel complicated by osteomyelitis of the calcaneus.
Volume
51
Issue
3
First Page
375
Last Page
378
ISSN
1542-2224
Published In/Presented At
Bibbo, C., & Stough, J. D. (2012). Reduction calcaneoplasty and local muscle rotation flap as a salvage option for calcaneal osteomyelitis with soft tissue defect. The Journal of foot and ankle surgery : official publication of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, 51(3), 375–378. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jfas.2011.12.001
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
22197284
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article
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