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ArticleJournal of plastic and reconstructive surgery2024

Toe Fillet Flap Wound Coverage for a Multiple-ray Amputation Wound: A Case Report.

Benjamin Chung, Manzhi Wong, Jack Kian Ch'ng

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Article in Journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Benjamin ChungDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Manzhi WongDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Jack Kian Ch'ngDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

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Abstract

Ray amputation wounds caused by diabetic foot gangrene are often left to heal by secondary intention. They can be large and take a prolonged time to heal, exposing patients to complications and risk of recurrent infection. A 77-year-old male with diabetes and peripheral vascular disease presented to our institution with left 2nd-5th toe gangrene. He underwent a successful left lower limb angioplasty with good flow to the digital arteries. Left 2nd-5th toe ray amputation was performed, with the excess viable skin of the left second toe preserved as a digital fillet flap for wound coverage. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 1. Healing was complicated by a stitch sinus, but the wound completely healed with good epithelialization at 4 months postoperatively. This case report demonstrates the utility of the toe fillet flap in the coverage of ray amputation wounds in patients with diabetes and peripheral vascular disease.

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diabetic footperipheral vascular diseaseray amputationtoe fillet flap

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PMID40103776
PMCPMC11913005

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