OBJECTIVE In order to increase the survival area of pedicled fasciocutaneous flap, a multiple pedicled blocking randomized fasciocutaneous flap was designed. METHODS From January 1991 to September 1998, this technique was used to repair 33 cases, including 27 males and 6 females and the ages ranged from 6 to 58 years. All of the patients were suffered from traffic accidents. In these cases, 22 cases had skin defects of legs and feet with bone, nerve and tendon exposed, 5 cases had osteomyelitis as well as internal fixaters exposed and the other 6 had deformity from scar. The size of the flap was 25.0 cm x 13.0 cm x 2.4 cm at its maximum and 6.0 cm x 3.5 cm x 1.5 cm at its minimum. Based on the traditional blocking flap, according to the severity of the wound and conditions of the neighboring tissues, a flap having 2 to 4 orthogonal pedicles with a width of 1.5 to 3.0 cm was designed. The medical-graded stainless steel sheet was implanted below the deep fascia, and after blocking for 3 to 6 days, the side pedicles were divided. 6 to 14 days later, one of the two remaining pedicles was divided and was transferred to repair the defect. RESULTS 31 cases were followed up for 6 months to 5 years without any trouble of the joints. The flap had a good external appearance and was high pressure-resistant. CONCLUSION The multiple pedicled blocking randomized fasciocutaneous flap increased the size of the flap and the length to width ratio. It had the following advantages: manage at will, high resistance to infection and a large survival area of flap.
Objective To explore the feasibility of peroneal perforating chimeric tissue flap in repairing the composite defects of calf and heel based on lower limb angiography, and the clinical effect. Methods The digital subtraction angiography images of lower limbs of 50 patients met the selection criteria between May 2011 and October 2014 were used as the research object to observe the course of peroneal artery and its perforating vessels. Based on the observation results, between April 2015 and October 2020, the peroneal perforating chimeric tissue flap was designed to repair 7 cases of composite defects of the calf and heel. There were 5 males and 2 females with an average age of 38 years (range, 25-55 years). The causes of injury included traffic accident in 4 cases, falling from height in 2 cases, and machine strangulation in 1 case. There were 5 cases of calf skin defect and tibial defect. The size of skin defect ranged from 5 cm×3 cm to 11 cm×7 cm, and the length of bone defect was 5-8 cm. There were 2 cases of heel skin defect and calcaneal defect. The sizes of skin defects were 5.0 cm×4.0 cm and 7.5 cm×6.5 cm, and the bone defects were 3.0 cm×2.6 cm and 4.0 cm× 3.0 cm. For the calf defect, the size of skin flap ranged from 6 cm×4 cm to 12 cm×8 cm, and the length of the fibula was the same as that of the tibial defect. For the heel defect, the sizes of the skin flaps were 8.5 cm×5.5 cm and 13.0 cm×5.0 cm, and the lengths of the fibulae were 10 cm and 12 cm. Free transplantation was performed in 5 cases and pedicle transplantation in 2 cases. The wound at donor site was repaired with skin grafting or sutured directly. Results The peroneal artery ran close to the fibula 7.25-8.40 cm below the fibula head and send out 5-7 perforating vessels, with an average of 6.5 vessels. Perforating vessels mainly appeared in four places, which were (9.75±0.91), (13.21±0.74), (18.15±1.22), and (21.40±0.75) cm below the fibular head, with the occurrence rates of 94%, 90%, 96%, and 88%, respectively. Clinical application of 7 cases of peroneal perforating chimeric tissue flap all survived, all wounds healed by first intention. The skin graft at donor site survived and the incision healed by first intention. All patients were followed up 6-36 months, with an average of 12 months. Peroneal perforator chimeric tissue flap had good shape and soft texture. X-ray films showed that the bone graft healed well, and the healing time was 6-11 months (mean, 7 months). No obvious bone resorption was observed during follow-up. Five patients had no pain when walking, and 1 had mild pain with claudication. Postoperative heel ulcers formed in 1 case and healed after wearing custom plantar pressure dispersing shoes. At 6 months after operation, 2 patients were rated as grade Ⅳ and 5 patients as grade Ⅴ according to Holden walking function score. ConclusionThe peroneal perforating vessel distribution is constant and the peroneal perforating chimeric tissue flap is safe and reliable for repairing the composite defects of calf and heel.
目的 評價不同皮瓣、肌皮瓣修復小腿及足踝部皮膚軟組織缺損的效果,探討小腿及足踝部皮膚軟組織缺損的理想修復方法。 方法 2002年6月-2010年1月,應用15種皮瓣、肌皮瓣修復128例(138處)小腿及足踝部皮膚軟組織缺損。其中小腿中上段21處,小腿中下段45處,內外踝及足跟部43處,足背及前足29處。主要應用最多的皮瓣有腓腸神經營養血管皮瓣、腓腸肌內外側頭肌皮瓣、腓淺神經營養血管皮瓣和足底內側皮瓣。修復軟組織缺損范圍5 cm×4 cm~23 cm×14 cm。 結果 術后135處創面Ⅰ期愈合,皮瓣完全成活;2處皮瓣部分壞死,經二次手術植皮修復;1例游離股前外側皮瓣修復小腿中下段軟組織缺損,皮瓣完全壞死,后改取對側腓腸神經營養血管交腿皮瓣修復成活。腓腸神經營養血管皮瓣應用例數最多,成活率高,吻合血管的游離皮瓣壞死率較高。術后患者均獲隨訪1~10年,平均23個月,皮瓣均成活良好, 無潰瘍、滲液等。 結論 正確認識并選擇皮瓣、肌皮瓣修復小腿及足踝部皮膚軟組織缺損可提高皮瓣成活率,恢復肢體良好功能,腓腸神經營養血管皮瓣是一種修復小腿及足踝部軟組織缺損的理想皮瓣。