[ distally based posterolateral thigh fasciocutaneous flap a study of 6 cases]

The authors report a series of six patients who underwent couverage by the posterolateral thigh fasciocutaneous flap for cutaneous defects of the posterior surface of the knee. The defects were of various origin: post-traumatic in one case, post-infectious after excision of a phlegmon in a second case, and secondary to a release of a post bum retraction of the popliteal fossa in 4 cases. The majority of patients were men with an average age of 22 years. The patients were examined again about 2 years and a half later on average with results considered to be stable and of excellent quality on the cutaneous and functional level

[Disarticulation of the shoulder due to a high voltage electrical burn about 2 cases]

The high-voltage electrical bums cause an exceedingly high rate of morbidity resulting from the massive necrosis of deeper structures often necessitating major limb amputations. The authors report two rare cases of high-voltage electrical burns occurring accidentally, with a 49 and 19-year-old men, after an indirect contact with a high-voltage line. These high-voltage electrical burus caused massive necrosis and extended necrosis in the upper limb requiring the recourse to a disarticulation the shoulder. The indications and the operative techniques used are discussed