Background: Treatment of soft tissue defect of ankle and foot has always been a challenging problem.
Methods: Thirty patients with soft tissue defects of the ankle and foot who underwent various reconstructive procedures in two tertiary care teaching hospitals were studied.
Results: Most of the defects (33%) were located in and around the ankle. Trauma was the major cause (56.6%). Defects were reconstructed with a variety of local, regional, distant and microvascular free flaps. Distally based superficial sural artery flap was used in majority of the cases (40%). Free tissue transfer using radial artery forearm flap was done in three (10%) complex wounds where other flaps were not found to be suitable. Superficial soft tissue defects on the dorsum of foot were resurfaced with split thickness skin grafts in 3 (10%) cases. Out of 27 flaps used, 26 survived completely. One inferiorly based fasciocutaneous flap developed partial necrosis. There was graft loss in one patient which required regrafting with the stored autograft.
Conclusion: Distally based superficial sural artery flap remains the choice for reconstruction of soft tissue defects of ankle and foot because of its reliable blood supply and easy elevation.
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