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Figure 3. A 7-year-old male with a foot injury six days after a lawnmower accident (A). A portion of the rectus abdominus was harvested for coverage as a free flap (B). View of the foot after debridement and exposure of the posterior tibial vessels for flap anastomosis (left side of the photograph) (C). View after muscle insetting and end-to-end vascular anastomosis of the deep inferior epigastric vessels to the posterior tibial vessels (D). Flap after split-thickness skin graft was placed (E). Patient at one month following surgery showing a well-healed flap (F). He went on to return to full activity at three months postoperatively.