Treatment of the soft tissue defect in the pelvic limb by using free flaps with microsurgery

ABSTRACT

A study on 63 patients (male: 47; female: 16) with the soft tissue defect in the pelvic limb, ages of 11-70(average: 36,93) has shown that the free flaps with microsurgical technique repaired the complicated soft tissue defect in every position of the pelvic limb with a good result (97%). The surgery did not depend on the situation of acute or subacute infection in the transplanted area (good results: 96,3%). The latissimus dorsal muscle flaps or latissimus dorsal muscle- cutaneous flaps were suitable with the reconstruction of the large, deep soft tissue defects of the leg, thigh, especially open shin bone, shin defect ostitis (good results: 96%). The lesion combined with the soft tissue defect found the good results (97%) when treated by the free flaps. 2 complications included 1 patient with the long inflammatory with fistula in the transplanted area and 1 patients with the necrosis of the latissimus dorsal flaps