Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (53): 9101-9106.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.53.001

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Retrograde sural neurovascular flap transplantation for chronic calcaneal osteomyelitis

Cai Xing-jian, Zhou Jian-guo, Qian Rui, Xiao Shi-liang   

  1. Department of Orthopedics, People’s Hospital of Ganzhou, Ganzhou  341000, Jiangxi Province, China
  • Revised:2013-11-19 Online:2013-12-31 Published:2013-12-31
  • Contact: Qian Rui, Associate chief physician, Department of Orthopedics, People’s Hospital of Ganzhou, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi Province, China qianrui1027@163.com
  • About author:Cai Xing-jian, Associate chief physician, Department of Orthopedics, People’s Hospital of Ganzhou, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi Province, China 2517442496@qq.com Zhou Jian-guo, Attending physician, Department of Orthopedics, People’s Hospital of Ganzhou, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi Province, China 157029069@qq.com Cai Xing-Jian and Zhou Jian-guo contributed equally to this work.
  • Supported by:

     the grant from Jiangxi Health Bureau, No. 20123205*

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Calcaneal osteomyelitis treatment is necessary that not only eliminates foci of osteomyelitis, seals the wound, repairs soft tissue defects, but also restores normal body shape and protects weight-bearing foot function as much as possible. Sural neurovascular flaps cannot damage major blood vessels of the lower limbs and appears to have the large arc of rotation, constant and reliable blood supply, which are suitable for repair of chronic calcaneal osteomyelitis.
OBJECTIVE: To study the operating method and clinical results of repairing chronic calcaneal osteomyelitis using retrograde sural neurovascular island flaps.
METHODS: Totally 28 patients with chronic calcaneal osteomyeliti were treated with the distally-based sural musculocutaneous flap in the Department of Orthopedics, People’s Hospital of Ganzhou, from May 2008 to June 2012. The donor defects were closed primarily in 23 patients and were resurfaced with the split-thickness skin graft in five patients.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: All the musculocutaneous flaps survived completely in 28 cases, four of which got some distal necrosis of the skin flap, and cured by dressing. All the flaps had good shapes and well-function, and exhibited no recurrence of osteomyelitis. All patients were able to walk normally. These findings indicate that the retrograde sural neurovascular flap transplantation is effective and feasible for treatment of chronic calcaneal osteomyelitis.



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Key words: osteomyelitis, calcaneus, surgical flaps, sural nerve

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