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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 A brief description of the treated patients is given

From: Distally based sural fasciomusculocutaneous flap for treatment of wounds of the distal third of the leg and ankle with exposed internal hardware

Case

Patients

Age/sex

Weight (kg)

Cause of defect

Defect localization

Defect size (cm)

Systemic pathologies

Smoking

Previous infection

Follow-up (months)

1

72/F

80

Talus-schapoid arthrodesis

Medial malleolus, right foot

7 × 4

Obesity

No

E. coli, E. faecalis

24

2

40/M

85

Fixation-plates on fibula and medial malleolus

Medial malleolus, left foot

2 × 1.5

No

40 cigarettes/day

S. aureus

10

3

53/F

62

Plates and screws on medial malleolus

Distal third of fibula, left foot

4 × 1.5

No

No

E. cloacae

9

4

74/F

65

Bi-malleolar fracture and fixation with plates and screws

Medial malleolus, right foot

8 × 4

Type II diabetes mellitus

No

E. cloacae

7