The experience in emergent repair and restoration of the composite tissue defects after the severe trauma of the lower limbs / 中华显微外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the available methods in repairing and restoring the composite tissue defects after trauma of the lower extremities Methods One hundred and sixty four cases were studied in this article,each has a large area of skin defect and soft tissue defect,or combined with other tissue defects such as bone,muscle tendon,blood vessel,while blood supply to the foot of the injuried limb in all the cases was deficiency of bloodless which we called"sever trauma of the lower limb" According to the varied tissue defects and its injuried degree,five operating procedures were designed and introduced Result None of the limbs was severed,a 5～10 year follow up found a good result in 96 3% in all the cases Conclusion The five surgical means mentioned above were satisfied in repairing and restoring varied tissue defects following severe trauma of the lower limbs,and the injuried limbs may be saved