Comparative Study of Degree of Great Toe Movement after Complete and Partial Flexor Hallucis Longus Harvest in Free Fibula Flap

Ishan Agnihotri; Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak; Puja Lakhotia; Aashish Patnaik; Rasmi Ranjan Mohanty

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1786989

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery (Jun 2024)

Comparative Study of Degree of Great Toe Movement after Complete and Partial Flexor Hallucis Longus Harvest in Free Fibula Flap

Ishan Agnihotri,
Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak,
Puja Lakhotia,
Aashish Patnaik,
Rasmi Ranjan Mohanty

Affiliations

Ishan Agnihotri: ORCiD; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India
Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India
Puja Lakhotia: Department of ENT, SUM Ultimate Medicare, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Aashish Patnaik: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India
Rasmi Ranjan Mohanty: ORCiD; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1786989
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 57, no. 03
pp. 192 – 200

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Background The flexor hallucis longus (FHL) muscle is crucial in fine motor control of the great toe but the muscle is often sacrificed in free fibula flap (FFF) reconstruction. The aim of this study was to compare great toe movement between complete and partial FHL resection during FFF harvest to see if FHL can be left behind (without undergoing fibrosis) in situ when bulk is not required at the recipient site.

Published in Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery

ISSN: 0970-0358 (Print); 1998-376X (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00042863

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