Soft Tissue Reconstruction After Total Ankle Arthroplasty

Yash J Avashia; Ronnie L Shammas; Suhail K Mithani; Selene G Parekh

doi:10.1016/j.fcl.2017.01.008

Soft Tissue Reconstruction After Total Ankle Arthroplasty

Foot Ankle Clin. 2017 Jun;22(2):391-404. doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2017.01.008.

Authors

Yash J Avashia¹, Ronnie L Shammas¹, Suhail K Mithani², Selene G Parekh³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Plastic Surgery, Duke University, Room 135, Brown Zone, Duke South, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
² Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, 3609 Southwest Durham Drive, Durham, NC 27707, USA.
³ North Carolina Orthopaedic Clinic, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fuqua Business School, Duke University, 3609 Southwest Durham Drive, Durham, NC 27707, USA. Electronic address: selene.parekh@gmail.com.

PMID: 28502354
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2017.01.008

Abstract

Wound complications following total ankle replacement are common. A team approach, including plastic surgeons, should be utilized to manage these wound issues. The handling of the wound, from the index procedure, to a variety of flaps, can be utilized to provide a successful outcome following an ankle replacement.

Keywords: Ankle replacement; Flap; Soft tissue complications; Wound complications.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Ankle
Arthritis / surgery*
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Ankle*
Humans
Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy
Photography
Plastic Surgery Procedures*
Postoperative Care
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
Postoperative Complications / surgery*
Skin Transplantation
Surgical Flaps / transplantation
Tissue Expansion
Treatment Outcome