Use of an Osteocutaneous Plantar Free Flap for Salvage of a Below-the-Knee Amputation in a Child. A...

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Use of an Osteocutaneous Plantar Free Flap for Salvage of a Below-the-Knee Amputation in a Child. A Case Report* by P. M. WATERS, and B. A. TAYLOR JBJS Case Connect Volume os-79(7):1073-5 July 1, 1997 ©1997 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

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Use of an Osteocutaneous Plantar Free Flap for Salvage of a Below-the-Knee Amputation in a Child. A Case Report*

by P. M. WATERS, and B. A. TAYLOR

JBJS Case ConnectVolume os-79(7):1073-5

July 1, 1997

©1997 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Fig. 1 Anteroposterior and lateral radiographs showing osseous union between the tibia and the calcaneus four months after the procedure.

P. M. WATERS, and B. A. TAYLOR J Bone Joint Surg Am 1997;os-79:1073-5

©1997 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Fig. 1 Anteroposterior and lateral radiographs showing osseous union between the tibia and the calcaneus four months after the procedure.

P. M. WATERS, and B. A. TAYLOR J Bone Joint Surg Am 1997;os-79:1073-5

©1997 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Figs. 2-A and 2-B: Clinical photographs of the amputated extremity, made four years after the amputation.

P. M. WATERS, and B. A. TAYLOR J Bone Joint Surg Am 1997;os-79:1073-5

©1997 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Figs. 2-A and 2-B: Clinical photographs of the amputated extremity, made four years after the amputation.

P. M. WATERS, and B. A. TAYLOR J Bone Joint Surg Am 1997;os-79:1073-5

©1997 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.