Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 96-99, 2008

Open infected Achilles tendon injury—Reconstruction of tendon with fascia lata graft and soft tissue cover with a reverse flow sural flap

Department Of Orthopaedics Unit III, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Received 30 July 2007; received in revised form 13 October 2007; accepted 12 November 2007.

Abstract 

We present a patient with an open, infected Achilles tendon injury with a soft tissue defect of 12cm×5cm and a tendon defect of 10cm. He underwent a two-stage procedure. A first stage debridement of tendon and soft tissue was followed by a second stage tendo Achilles reconstruction using fascia lata graft and soft tissue cover with a reverse flow sural flap. He had a good functional outcome with minimal donor site morbidity.

Keywords: Achilles tendon reconstruction, Fascia lata graft, Reverse sural flap

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PII: S1268-7731(07)00101-4

doi:10.1016/j.fas.2007.11.002

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 96-99, 2008

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