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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 1983; 16(01): 1-3
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1778452
Review Article

Myocutaneous Flaps for Reconstruction of Heel Defects (A Preliminary Report)

Satya Parkash
1   Professor and head, Department of Surgery, Jawsharlal lnstitute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry-605006
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Jagannath Palepu
2   Resident, Department of Surgery, Jawsharlal lnstitute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry-605006
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Summary

A flexor digitorum brevis based myocutaneous flap was worked out on cadavers in 1978 for heel defects. Our experience with there cases of melanomas of the heel is presented. The flap should have great potentialities for trophic ulcers of the heel.



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