Experience with trunk flaps for upper extremity reconstruction

Thirty trunk flaps were used to repair upper extremity defects. The defects were either post traumatic or post-excisional of contracted scars after deep burn. The flaps were used essentially to cover the exposed deep vital structures as vessels, nerves, tendons or bones. Also in contracted scars they were used to avoid recontracture. The flaps were raised as fasciocutaneous or myocutaneous according to the characters of the defects

Experience in the reconstruction of severe lower extremity war injuries

War injuries of the lower extremity are characterized by extensive soft tissue and bone damage, usually with back general condition of the patient. The present report reviews the author's experience in the reconstruction of 28 severely injured lower limbs during the Afghani war by using regional muscle and myocutaneous flaps in 17 patients and cross leg flaps in 11 patients