A rare cause of complex heel defect: Free falling of elevator

Ömer Kokaçya

Volume 2 · Issue 2 · pp. 118–122

Published: 2019-08-31

Abstract

Even if falling or jumping from height are frequently reported as a cause of hell and calcaneal region injury, no study reporting complex hell injury as a result of free falling of elevator is seen. Reporting succesful microsurgical reconstruction of a Gustillo Type 3B calcaneus fracture is aimed

Keywords: heel; calcaneus; elevator; anterolateral thigh flap

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