MICROSURGERY IN WAR WOUNDS

By: LUIS EDUARDO BERMUDEZ R. MD. PLASTIC SURGEON.

CLINICAL CASE Nº 2.

ANTIPERSONNEL MINE IN THE LEGS

Picture 1. Left leg amputation and open fracture of right leg. It is very important to save the right leg, in order to rehabilitate the patient. 

Picture 2. X Rays of the exposed tibia and fibula fracture.

Picture 3. Late operative picture. After soft tissue reconstruction and open fracture coverage with Latissimus dorsi free flap and skin grafts.

Picture 4. Postoperative picture 4 months after surgery.