Reconstruction of Foot and Ankle Defects Using Free Lateral Arm Flap: A Retrospective Review of Its Versatile Application

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(a) A 50-year-old woman with an recurrent diabetic foot ulcer involving the big toe. (b) Harvested free lateral arm osteomyocutaneous flap. (c) Immediate postoperative image. (d) Postoperative 13 months. (e) Preoperative X-ray image shows osteomyelitis lesion from the proximal phalanx of the left first toe (white arrows). (f) Postoperative X-ray image shows successful bone replacement by filling the first proximal phalanx with the bony portion of osteomyocutaneous flap.

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