[Treatment and reconstruction of bullet wounds of the calf]

The paper describes complete management of bullet wounds of the crus. After thorough primary surgical treatment and fixation of the fracture the authors recommend the method of muscle flap of the soleus muscle and anterior tibial muscle and the method of musculocutaneous flap of the gastrocnemius muscle to achieve reconstitution of soft tissues. In fractures with tissue loss, after healing of the reconstituted areas of soft tissues, they advocate plastics with sponge and corticosponge grafts. Of the 12 bullet wounds of the extremities treated 3 were injuries of the crus.