Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Case series
From: Perforator-based propeller flaps treating loss of substance in the lower limb
Case | Age (years)/sex | Etiology loss of substance associate disease | Perforator flap | Flap size (cm)/add graft | Defect size (cm) | Pedicle rotation | Location | Complications treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 70/F | Oncological resection | PA (SC) | 3 × 10 | 2 × 5 | 100° | Achilles region | Venous congestion |
2 | 22/F | Oncological resection (ectopic chondrosarcoma Achilles tendon) | PTA (SC) | 20 × 6/Achilles tendon allograft | 9 × 12 | 170° | Achilles region |  |
3 | 86/F | Oncological resection (leiomyosarcoma) | GA (MC) | 25 × 12 | 14 × 20 | 160° | Distal third thigh | Flap necrosis (50%) secondary skin graft |
4 | 70/M | Postoperative complication (Achilles tendon repair) diabetes | PA (SC) | 15 × 4/skin graft | 10 × 4 | 120° | Achilles region | Venous congestion supeficial epidermolysis |
5 | 49/M | Postoperative complication (Achilles tendon repair) diabetes | PTA (SC) | 12 × 4/skin graft | 15 × 4 | 150° | Achilles region | Superficial epidermolysis secondary skin graft |
6 | 76/M | Oncological resection (liposarcoma) | PTA (MC) | 10 × 22/skin graft | 15 × 12 | 170° | Distal third leg |  |
7 | 35/M | Posttraumatic defect (open leg fracture) | PTA (SC) | 12 × 5 | 5 × 3 | 170° | Distal third leg |  |
8 | 38/M | Postoperative complication (Achilles tendon repair) | PA (SC) | 4 × 9/skin graft | 11 × 4 | 170° | Achilles region |  |
9 | 72/F | Chronic osteomyelitis | PTA (SC) | 8 × 14 | 6 × 4 | 100° | Distal third leg | Superficial epidermolysis |
10 | 43/M | Postoperative complication | PTA (SC) | 12 × 5 | 5 × 4 | 80° | Middle third leg |  |
11 | 65/F | Oncological resection | PTA (SC) | 25 × 15 | 10 × 15 | 80° | Distal third leg |  |
12 | 67/F | Pressure sore | PA (SC) | 3 × 7 | 3 × 3 | 140° | Achilles region | Superficial epidermolysis |
13 | 79/M | Posttraumatic defect (open leg fracture) | PTA (SC) | 6 × 10 | 3 × 5 | 160° | Middle/distal third leg | Flap necrosis (80%) |
14 | 79/M | Postoperative complication (femoral artery bypass) | LCFA (SC) | 15 × 25 | 15 × 10 | 90° | Groin |  |
15 | 64/F | Postoperative complication (Achilles tendon repair) | PTA (SC) | 4 × 11 | 4 × 3 | 180° | Achilles region |  |
16 | 26/M | Posttraumatic defect (open midfoot fracture) | PA (SC) | 5 × 12 | 3 × 4 | 180° | Foot |  |
17 | 23/M | Posttraumatic defect (open ankle fracture) | PTA (SC) | 5 × 10 | 5 × 5 | 100° | Ankle |  |
18 | 68/F | Pressure sore diabetes | PA (SC) | 3 × 5 | 3 × 2 | 180° | Distal third leg | Venous congestion |
19 | 34/F | Postoncological resection (liposarcoma) | PTA (SC) | 6 × 13/skin graft | 5 × 6 | 180° | Foot |  |
20 | 72/F | Posttraumatic defect (open calcaneus fracture) | PTA (SC) | 5 × 9 | 3 × 3 | 180° | Heel | Superficial epidermolysis |
21 | 62/F | Pressure sore diabetes | PTA (SC) | 6 × 1/skin graft | 5 × 4 | 180° | Heel |  |
22 | 43/M | Postoperative. complication (knee arthrolysis-Judet) | DFA (MC) | 9 × 18 | 5 × 8 | 90° | Knee |  |