Wound breakdown reconstructed by reverse lateral arm flap after excision of heterotopic ossification of the elbow following severe burn injury: A case report
Akihiro Hirakawa,
Yoshiyuki Ohno,
Shingo Komura,
Haruhiko Akiyama
Affiliations
Akihiro Hirakawa
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu City, Gifu 501-1194, Japan; Corresponding author. Fax: +81 (0)58 230 6334.
Yoshiyuki Ohno
Department of Plastic Surgery, Gifu Municipal Hospital, Kashima-Chou 7-1, Gifu City, Gifu 500-8513, Japan
Shingo Komura
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu City, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
Haruhiko Akiyama
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu City, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
We report the case of a wound complication that was reconstructed by reverse lateral arm flap after excision of heterotopic ossification (HO) of the elbow in a patient with severe burns. Careful attention should be paid to wound complication and HO recurrence in patients undergoing surgical treatment for elbow HO following burn injury. Keywords: Burn, Heterotopic ossification, Elbow, Complication
