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Major Lower Leg Injury From Being Hit By Bus

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03-12-2013, 04:22 PM
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Major Lower Leg Injury From Being Hit By Bus

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45 year old male sustained a major leg injury when he was driving a two wheeler and hit by a bus, he sustained:

- A subtotal amputation of his right lower limb

- Grade III C grossly contaminated fracture both bone leg with bone loss

- Near Circumferential soft tissue loss around the fracture

He was managed by surgical debridement , External fixation, repair of all divided tendons followed by anterolateral thigh flap coverage.
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Medial view showing extent of injury

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Lateral view showing extent of injury - subtotal amputation

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Close-up showing gross contamination

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During surgical debridement

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After debridement and fixator application

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Collagen sheet applied as a temporary biological dressing

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Anterolateral thigh flap harvest

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Flap after insetting

Surgery was a success and the patient made a complete recovery
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03-12-2013, 05:06 PM
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Re: Major Lower Leg Injury From Being Hit By Bus

Brutal but good fix
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03-12-2013, 05:50 PM
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Re: Major Lower Leg Injury From Being Hit By Bus

nice fix
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Re: Major Lower Leg Injury From Being Hit By Bus

good to see!
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Re: Major Lower Leg Injury From Being Hit By Bus

holy crap
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Re: Major Lower Leg Injury From Being Hit By Bus

Nice job. I approve.
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Re: Major Lower Leg Injury From Being Hit By Bus

that was a mess
good job on the repair!
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Re: Major Lower Leg Injury From Being Hit By Bus

really nice. good job, doctors


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