Complex Lower Extremity Reconstruction with Free Perforator Flap in a 20 Month Old Child
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Mofikoya, Bolaji; Ugburo, Andrew; Iduwe, Gabriel; Belie, Orimisan
- Source
- Sierra Leone Journal of Biomedical Research; Vol 9, No 2 (2017); 1-3
- Subject
- Complex
Lower Exteremity
Reconstruction
perforator
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2076-6270
Free perforator flap reconstruction in toddlers is rare. A 20-month-old toddler sustained a complex ankle injury following a motor vehicle accident. At the initial debridement, a joint spanning external fixator frame was placed for ankle stabilization. The wound was covered with free anterolateral thigh flap a week later. Perforator free flap for complex lower extremity defects is feasible in very young children, even in low resource settings.