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Soft Tissue Coverage of the Knee: Gastrocnemius Muscle Flap Hani Sbitany DEFINITION Soft tissue defects around the knee, or the anterior third of the tibia, often cannot be treated with…

Bony and Soft Tissue Debridement Around the Knee Derek F. Amanatullah Michael J. Chen Sahitya K. Denduluri James I. Huddleston DEFINITION Several conditions affect the knee that requires meticulous soft…

Excision of Bone Tumors of the Knee Raffi S. Avedian DEFINITION Bone tumors of the knee may be benign or malignant (bone sarcoma) and exhibit a variable natural history ranging…

Excision of Soft Tissue Tumors of the Knee Raffi S. Avedian DEFINITION Soft tissue sarcomas are malignant tumors that arise from mesenchymal cells and are classified according to their cell…

Nerve Repair and Reconstruction—Tibial Nerve Shawn Moshrefi Catherine Curtin DEFINITION Tibial nerve injuries can vary in severity, mechanism, and treatment. Nerve injury categories1 Neurapraxia: conduction delay with no axonal injury….

Soft Tissue Coverage of Lower Leg—Free Flap Goo-Hyun Mun Kyong-Je Woo DEFINITION Microvascular free flap transfer is a reliable and often ideal option for soft tissue reconstruction of a complex…

Soft Tissue Coverage of Lower Leg—Soleus Flap Rahim Nazerali Lee L. Q. Pu DEFINITION Mathes and Nahai type II muscle Most commonly proximally based pedicled flap, but a distally based…

Tibial Reconstruction Vishwanath R. Chegireddy Michael J. A. Klebuc Anthony Echo DEFINITION Trauma and neoplasia, requiring segmental bone resection, are the most common causes for segmental defects of the tibia….

Debridement of Soft Tissue Infections of the Lower Leg L. Scott Levin Paulo Piccolo DEFINITION The term debridement was coined by Joseph Pierre DeSault in the 18th century. The French…

Excision of Bone Tumors of the Lower Leg Raffi S. Avedian Rohit Khosla DEFINITION Bone tumors of the tibia and fibula may be benign or malignant (bone sarcoma) and exhibit…