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Soft tissue coverage of lower extremity defects: pearls and pitfalls in the chronic wound population

Figure 3. Gastrocnemius flap. (A) Preoperative photo of a diabetic male who was four weeks s/p total knee arthroplasty with dehiscence and drainage at the left knee incision. (B) The medial gastrocnemius flap was harvested and rotated to cover the knee defect. (C) Flap inset into the knee defect. A split-thickness skin graft (STSG) was harvested from the medial thigh and placed over the flap. (D) Four weeks after flap with STSG.

Plastic and Aesthetic Research
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