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

Burns Open (Jul 2017)

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

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 37 – 40

Abstract

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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

Published in Burns Open

ISSN: 2468-9122 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dermatology; Medicine: Internal medicine: Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/burns-open/

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