Distally Based Medial Hemisoleus Muscle Flap: Anatomic and Angiographic Study of 18 Lower Limbs.

Background: The distally based medial hemisoleus (MHS) flap was found useful for repairing soft-tissue defects of the lower third of the leg; however, its reliability is controversial. We used a combination of static and dynamic techniques to investigate the vascular supply of distally based MHS muscle flaps to better establish their use in repair of lower-third leg defects.

Methods: We performed an anatomic study of 18 cadaver legs.

[Electrical flash burns, about 33 cases. A 10-year retrospective study. Epidemiology, treatment and prevention].

Background: The electric flash burns are a common cause of accident at workplace, especially among electricians. The aim of this study is to determine the parts of the body most often burned by the flash, to define the usual course and finally to give some simple rules of care and prevention.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective, observational and descriptive study including all patients treated at the University Hospital of Tours for electrical flash burns between 1 January 2003 and 01 January 2013.

[The free gracilis muscle flap in the foot and ankle reconstructive surgery].

Subject: The distal third of the leg, ankle and foot is an anatomical region where reconstructive surgery is difficult and many flaps are described. The authors describe their own experience in the reconstruction of this anatomical region using the gracilis muscle free flap.

Methods: From January 2009 to April 2012, the authors operated 32 patients for reconstructive surgery of the distal third of the leg, ankle or foot using a free gracilis muscle flap.

[Donor site morbidity after free gracilis muscle flap. Report of 32 cases].

Background: Coverage of tissue defects of the lower limbs is a complex problem. Free gracilis muscle flap is a reliable surgical technique and the morbidity of its donor site is considered as minimal. Our retrospective study involved all patients who underwent a free gracilis muscle flap in a reconstructive surgery of the lower limb.

[Thigh root reconstruction with a pedicled DIEP flap].

Root thigh extensive loss of substance requires surgical coverage. The presence of chronic lymphedema (LC) makes random with the postoperative healing time longer. We report an original case of reconstruction of extensive loss of substance from the root of the thigh using a pedicled deep inferior epigastric flap perforator (DIEP) flap.