Cross-leg flaps in children

ABSTRACT

Ten children of ages ranging between 4 and 11 years sustaining road traffic accidents that resulted into crushing and devitalizing injury to the shin of the foot, with exposure of and variable degree of damage to underlying structures, were treated by cross-leg flaps. The flaps were transferred immediately without any prior very much than delay. The paper exposes three new findings: First, the children can tolerate the immobilization without any adverse effects be used during the period of transfer and, third, flaps of slightly bigger than width could be transferred immediately in such young age