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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Summary of patient data

From: The distally based lateral sural neuro-lesser saphenous veno-fasciocutaneous flap: anatomical basis and clinical applications

Patient

Sex/age

Cause of defect

Defect site

Defect size (cm)

Flap size (cm)

Flap transport

Pivot point above lateral malleolus tip (cm)

Comorbidity

Results

Complications

Donor site closure

Follow-up (months)

1

M/41

Avulsion injury

Heel

10 × 8

11 × 9

Skin incision

6.5

None

Complete survival

 

Primary suture

5

2

M/61

Ulcer

Lateral malleolus

14 × 6

16 × 7.5

Skin incision

9

Diabetes

Complete survival

 

Skin graft

3

3

M/36

Crush injury

Heel

8 × 5

9 × 6

Skin incision

7

None

Complete survival

Venous congestion

Primary suture

6

4

M/22

Avulsion injury

Heel

12 × 8

13 × 9

Skin incision

7.5

 

Complete survival

 

Skin graft

9

5

F/63

Avulsion injury

Heel

15 × 10

16 × 11

Skin incision

8

   

Skin graft

12

6

M/67

Recurrent DFSa

Lower leg

12 × 10

14 × 11

Skin incision

6

Smoker

Complete survival

Tension blisters

Skin graft

10

7

M/67

Chronic ulcer

Ankle

12 × 9

13 × 10

Tunnel

8.5

 

Partial necrosis

Venous congestion

Skin graft

9

8

M/42

Recurrent angioblastoma

Lower leg

17 × 12

18 × 13

Tunnel

7

 

Complete survival

 

Skin graft

8

9

M/27

Ulcer

Heel

6 × 5

7 × 6

Skin incision

5.5

None

Complete survival

Tension blisters

Primary suture

11

10

F/14

Traffic accident

Lateral malleolus

11 × 7

12.5 × 8

Skin incision

5

 

Complete survival

 

Skin graft

3

11

M/47

Crush injury

Lower leg

16 × 9.5

18 × 10.5

Skin incision

7.5

 

Complete survival

 

Primary suture

16

12

M/45

Fibrosarcoma

Lower leg

14 × 11

15 × 12

Tunnel

7

None

Complete survival

 

Skin graft

24

13

F/34

Vascular malformation

Dorsum of foot

13 × 9

14 × 10

Skin incision

8.5

Hepatitis B

Distal wound dehiscence

Infection

Skin graft

4

14

M/64

Recurrent MFHb

Lower leg

13 × 10

15 × 11

Tunnel

6

Diabetes

Complete survival

 

Skin graft

12

15

M/31

Crush injury

Heel

9 × 7

10 × 8

Skin incision

6.5

 

Complete survival

 

Primary suture

15

  1. aDermatofibrosarcoma
  2. bMalignant fibrous histiocytoma