Abstract:Background: Wounds around the lower 1/3 rd of leg and foot are difficult to manage. Treatment options like skin grafting, healing by secondary intention can result in an unstable scar. Free tissue transfers and Regional flaps has its own disadvantages. To circumvent these difficulties a fasciocutaneous flap harvested from sural angiosome was proposed. In this study, we have made an attempt to find out different scenarios in which this flap can be used as a management option and ways to minimize the complicatio… Show more
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