Comparison of Distally Based Sural Artery and Supramalleolar Flap for Coverage of Dorsum of Foot and Ankle Defects

Abeer Musaddiq

Status: Completed

Conditions: Open Wound of Lower Limb

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05027542

4452

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our main aim for this study was to evaluate the long-term outcome comparisons between sural artery and Supramalleolar flap in the reconstruction of extensive defects of non-weight bearing regions of foot and ankle. The patients' information were collected through medical records and analyzed through SPSS

Full description

In this article we intend to present our experience comparing a series of the two types of flaps in terms of viability, coverage of defect, cosmetic appearance, and functions of foot and ankle based on self-designed Tool . This Tool contains 4 parameters i.e., Activity of daily living, coverage of defect, cosmetic appearance of Skin post flap, and Weight bearing status. A score was given to each parameter and on the basis of these scores, Long term outcome were analyzed of each patient

Enrollment: 53 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 months to 74 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Only defects of foot and ankle around dorsum and perimalleolar areas were included.

Exclusion criteria

• The defects reconstructed with other local flaps and free flaps were excluded from this review

Trial design