Muscle Transposition in Exposed Tibia

Muscle Transposition along with immediate or delayed fresh split skin grafting has been contemplated in fifteen cases of open fractures of the leg bones where the tibia was exposed. The resuits of this procedure are satisfactory and are usually better in those cases where muscle transposition and sk...

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Main Authors: S. S. Gill, Raj Bahadur, O. N. Nagi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 1982-12-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1778444
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description Muscle Transposition along with immediate or delayed fresh split skin grafting has been contemplated in fifteen cases of open fractures of the leg bones where the tibia was exposed. The resuits of this procedure are satisfactory and are usually better in those cases where muscle transposition and skin grafting were done at the first stage. Minor complications like partial necrosis of the skin graft and muscle atrophy has been observed in few cases.
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spelling doaj-art-1d1b590abc3f4bb6bbaba760aab4c9a62025-08-20T02:01:16ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X1982-12-011502131510.1055/s-0043-1778444Muscle Transposition in Exposed TibiaS. S. Gill0Raj Bahadur1O. N. Nagi2Lecturer, Department of Orthepaedic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh–160012Senior Resident, Department of Orthepaedic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh–160012Assistant Professor, Department of Orthepaedic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh–160012Muscle Transposition along with immediate or delayed fresh split skin grafting has been contemplated in fifteen cases of open fractures of the leg bones where the tibia was exposed. The resuits of this procedure are satisfactory and are usually better in those cases where muscle transposition and skin grafting were done at the first stage. Minor complications like partial necrosis of the skin graft and muscle atrophy has been observed in few cases.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1778444
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