Single-stage Achilles tendon reconstruction using a composite sensate free flap of dorsalis pedis and tendon strips of the extensor digitorum longus in a complex wound

Annals of Plastic Surgery
Sug Won KimK C Tark

Abstract

The reconstruction of the posterior heel including a wide defect of the Achilles tendon is difficult as a result of complicated infection, deficient soft tissue for coverage, and functional aspects and defects of the tendon itself. As a single-stage procedure, various methods of tendon transfer and tendon graft have been reported along with details of local flaps or island flaps for coverage. With advances in microsurgical techniques and subsequent refinements, several free composite flaps, including tendon, fascia, or nerve, have been used to reconstruct large defects in this area without further damaging the traumatized leg. The authors report such a single-stage reconstruction of a composite Achilles tendon defect using the extensor digitorum longus tendon of the second to fourth toe in combination with a dorsalis pedis flap innervated by the superficial peroneal nerve. The follow-up of this case has proved a satisfactory outcome to date.

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