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Tendoachilles reconstruction and overlying skin cover with a peroneus brevis flap
Shashank Lamba1, Amish Jayantilal Gohil1, Karampreet Singh1
1Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Christian Medical College and Hospital Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
BMJ Case Reports
|August 21, 2021
Abstract:
We report a post-traumatic case of tendoachilles injury with an overlying skin defect. Following debridement, tendon reconstruction was done by using vascularised peroneus brevis musculotendinous unit and proximal part of the same muscle provided the skin cover. Postoperative recovery was uneventful. At 2 years follow-up, he had a near-normal gait. The main advantage of this flap is not being only a local flap but also providing a vascularised tendon.

