Characteristics | Value |
---|---|
No. of patients | 82 |
Mean age (range) | 36.5(18–65) |
Mean body mass index, kg/m | 22.5 |
Diabetes mellitus, no. (%) | 12 (14.6) |
Smoking, no. (%) | 34 (41.5) |
Previous radiotherapy, no. (%) | 1 (1.2) |
Defect location, no | |
 Medial malleolus | 31 |
 External malleolus | 8 |
 Lower tibia | 32 |
 Middle tibia | 11 |
Cause of the defect, no | |
 Infection | 20 |
 Trauma | 62 |
Gustilo-Anderson type (%) | |
 II | 6 (7.3) |
 IIIA | 19 (23.2) |
 IIIB | 57 (69.5) |
Defect size (cm2) | 12.4 |
Source vessel | |
 anterior tibial artery | 12 |
 posterior tibial artery | 62 |
 peroneal artery | 8 |
Complications | |
Vascular crisis. no.(%) | 21 (25.6) |
 artery | 2 |
 vein | 19 |
Infect. no.(%) | 11 (13.4) |
 Superficial infection | 10 |
 Deep infection | 1 |
Flaps necrosis. no. (%) | 17 (20.7) |
 Partial necrosis | 11 |
 total necrosis | 6 |
Aesthetic outcome | |
 5 | 2 |
 4 | 35 |
 3 | 37 |
 2 | 5 |
 1 | 3 |