Successful replantation of both legs in a child--5-year followup: case report
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B Yaffe1, A Borenstein, D Seidman
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
The Journal of Trauma
|February 1, 1991
Abstract:
Replantation of lower extremities is an infrequent procedure, and is rarely indicated, due to the usual severity of the primary injury plus the possibility of good prosthetic substitution. We report a case of successful replantation of both legs in an 8-year-old boy (despite Aspergillus flavus septicemia) with followup of 5 years. This case suggests that leg replantation should be considered in young patients. This appears to be the second reported case of successful replantation of both legs.