complex lower limb wounds
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients > 15 year old presenting with soft tissue defects of the leg and/or foot that needed coverage with a flap.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients presenting with a soft tissue defect larger than 50 cm2 are excluded from the study. Patients with systemic vascular diseases like atherosclerosis or vasculitis as well as patients with peripheral ischemia (Ankle Brachial Index less than 0.7)8 are excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| partial or complete flap loss | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| complications, operating time, number of operative scrubbed staff, costs, length of hospital stay, as well as donor and recipient site morbidity | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Platic Surg unit, Suez Canal Univ;Burn Centre, Dep Hand Plstic surg Linkoping Univ Sweden