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Coverage of bilateral lower extremity calcaneal fractures with osteomyelitis using a single split free gracilis
T Wellisz1, M Rechnic, W Dougherty
1Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Abstract:
A case is presented in which a single gracilis muscle was split and used for free-tissue coverage of two sites in a patient with bilateral calcaneal fractures and posttraumatic osteomyelitis. Muscle-flap coverage of osteomyelitis and the use of the gracilis muscle for free-tissue transfer are discussed.
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