• DOI:10.1055/S-2007-1006489
• Corpus ID: 46131997

Moving car-tire injuries of the foot: reconstruction with microvascular free flaps.

@article{Nuzumlali1996MovingCI,
  title={Moving car-tire injuries of the foot: reconstruction with microvascular free flaps.},
  author={Ersin Nuzumlali and Can G{\"u}rb{\"u}z and Umit Kantarci and Selim Çepel and Oya Bayri and Oğuz Polatkan},
  journal={Journal of reconstructive microsurgery},
  year={1996},
  volume={12 5},
  pages={
          297-302
        }
}

• E. Nuzumlali, C. Gürbüz, +3 authors O. Polatkan
• Published 1 July 1996
• Medicine
• Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

Moving car-tire injury of the foot is a condition that appears to be a new clinical entity in Istanbul, in which the non-weight-bearing surface of the foot is prone to be injured. Between 1992 and 1995, eight moving car-tire injuries of the foot were managed. Patient age averaged 10.25 years (range: 7 to 21 years). All patients presented with soft-tissue loss combined with extensor tendon and bone lesions. In 6 patients, immediate flap coverage after initial debridement and, in 2 patients, delayed coverage after multiple debridements, were performed. All the flaps survived. Although in all patients, the weight-bearing region was always intact, some had gait-pattern abnormalities due to the bone and soft-tissue injuries. Early removal of all devitalized tissues and closure of the wounds with transfer of healthy tissue have a higher rate of success, lower incidence of infection, require fewer operative procedures, and shorter hospitalizations.