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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 71-B, Issue 4, 593-596
Copyright © 1989 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery

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Treatment of chronic osteomyelitis of the leg by peroneal myocutaneous island flap transfer

M Yoshimura, T Shimada, M Matsuda, M Hosokawa, and S Imura

Fukui Medical School, Japan.

We treated 11 patients with chronic osteomyelitis of the tibia or the foot by local excision and transfer of a peroneal myocutaneous island flap. This flap, pedicled proximally or distally on the peroneal artery and veins, provides viable muscle to fill the dead space in bone and skin to close the defect. Ten patients reviewed more than three years after operation were all free of drainage with no clinical or radiographic evidence of recurrence.




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