[Transplantation of vascularized tissue flaps in the treatment of chronic osteomyelitis]

Experience in transplantation of vascularized tissue grafts in 38 patients with chronic osteomyelitis showed the method to be highly effective and to possess some essential advantages over the other methods for surgical treatment of chronic osteomyelitis. Some types of skin and musculocutaneous grafts were used in cases with affection of the leg and foot bones with defects in the skin and soft tissues and "osteomyelitic ulcers". A vascularized graft of the greater omentum was used in the management of large osteomyelitic cavities in the tubular bones. The grafts took in 92.1% of patients.