A Novel Utility of Bilobed Flap for Amputation Stump Coverage.

ABSTRACT: Preparing a good amputation stump with a well-padded, stable, sensate, and painless soft tissue coverage is of utmost importance to achieve early ambulation and return the patient to the daily activity level. When the primary closure is impossible or fails to achieve a good closure, secondary closure must be considered. To date, no literature reported the use of bilobed flaps for stump defect closure. We aimed to utilize this technically easy procedure for better management of defect closure on amputated limb stumps that often cause complex clinical problems. This is a retrospective observational study in limb amputation patients with various etiologies: crush injury, chronic limb necrosis, and amniotic band syndrome. All patients had stump defect closure with bilobed flap and were observe

SUBMITTER: Hasan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10019207 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature