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Cross-leg flap repair: a suggested change of routine
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
|July 1, 1980
Abstract:
A change in the accepted routine of cross-leg repair is suggested in the interest of safety. In order to avoid infection in the donor site the skin graft is cut first. The flap is raised before the defect is prepared so that the problems of tension and 'tenting' are eliminated. This enables the flap to be sutured under less than normal skin tension.

