1 - University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Plastic surgery and Orthopaedics, Bucharest, Romania
Received: April 4, 2019
Accepted: October 23, 2019
Tissue coverage of lower limb defects after tibial fractures remain one of the hardest areas for a surgeon to deal with. The definitive management of Gustillo type IIIB fractures depends on a series of factors, which have a high impact in the multidisciplinary management of this severe trauma. Although free flaps have been used succesfully in the last two decades, there remains some cases where easier plasties using the contralateral limb tissue reserved could be indicated. We describe our experience with a cross-leg flap in a severe-smoking patient for the reconstruction of a difficult leg defect.
Turbatu, M., Condrea, C., Oproiu, A., Cursaru, A., & Lupu, A. (2025). Cross-leg limb salvage solution: a case report regarding the management of a major defect in a patient with type iiib open distal tibial fracture. Romanian Journal of Military Medicine, 123(1), 58-61.
Turbatu M, Condrea C, Oproiu A, Cursaru A, Lupu A. Cross-leg limb salvage solution: A case report regarding the management of a major defect in a patient with type IIIB open distal tibial fracture. Rom J Mil Med. 2025;123(1):58-61.
Turbatu, M., Condrea, C., Oproiu, A., Cursaru, A. & Lupu, A. 2025, 'Cross-leg limb salvage solution: A case report regarding the management of a major defect in a patient with type IIIB open distal tibial fracture', Romanian Journal of Military Medicine, vol. 123, no. 1, pp. 58-61.
