ReviewSeminars in plastic surgery2022
Approach to Complex Lower Extremity Reconstruction.
Review in Seminars in plastic surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Critical-sized bone defects: essential concepts for the higher orthopaedic examination.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2026Review
- Biomimetic Dermal Substitutes for Skin Reconstruction: Advances in Scaffold Design, Biological Integration, and Clinical Performance.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2026Review
- Combination of pedicled fibular graft and latissimus dorsi free flap in complex tibial bone defect reconstruction after high-energy trauma: a case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2026Article
- Risk Factors Associated with Adverse Functional Outcomes in Free Flap Reconstructions of the Lower Extremity.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- Managing Nonunions and Fracture-Related Infections-A Quarter Century of Knowledge, and Still Curious: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Soft Tissue Reconstruction in the Extremities: Principles, Techniques, and Outcomes.Seminars in plastic surgery · 2025Review
- Monitoring lymphatic reconstitution in free latissimus dorsi flap for lower extremity defects repair in pediatric patients: a case series.Translational pediatrics · 2024Article
- [Modern concepts of interdisciplinary extremity reconstruction in open fractures].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Review
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Abstract
Composite injuries to the lower extremity from etiologies including trauma and infection present a complex dilemma for the reconstructive surgeon, and require multidisciplinary collaboration amongst plastic, vascular, and orthopaedic surgical specialties. Here we present our algorithm for lower-extremity reconstructive management, refined over the last decades to provide an optimized outcome for our patients. Reconstruction is predicated on the establishment of a clean and living wound, where quality of the wound-bed is prioritized over timing to soft-tissue coverage. Once established, soft-tissues and fractures are provisionally stabilized; our preference for definitive coverage is for microvascular free-tissue, due to the paucity of healthy soft-tissue available at the injury, and ability to avoid the zone of injury for microvascular anastomosis. Finally, definitive bony reconstruction is dictated by the length and location of long-bone defect, with a preference to utilize bone transport for defects longer than 5 cm.
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