Flap wounds of the shin

This survey is based on 113 patients with flap wounds of the shin treated by cleaning and securing the wound flaps with Steristrips and covering them with dry gauze, compression bandaging and elevating the leg at rest. Eighteen of the 113 patients had sutures inserted, 2 of them in other hospitals. These cases were consecutive and unselected and a further 450 patients have since been treated in the same way.