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J Reconstr Microsurg 1999; 15(2): 115-118
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000080
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© 1999 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Salvage and Reconstruction of Complex Post‐Extirpative Knee Wounds: A Successful Surgical Protocol

Jeffrey Scott Isenberg, Edward McPherson, William Costigan, Randolph Sherman, B. Chandrasekhar, John Larant, R. Restifo, J. Grant Thompson
  • Midwest Medical Center, Midwest City, Oklahoma, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Accepted for Publication 1998

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08 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Six patients with massive post-extirpative wounds of the knee, all of whom had received adjuvant therapy, underwent wound closure and limb salvage via free-tissue transfer in all but one case. No instance of delayed wound healing requiring surgery occurred among the patients reconstructed by micro-surgical tissue transfer. Five of the six patients are presently ambulating on the salvaged extremity. A protocol for management of these complex wounds is presented.