Functional Restoration in Lower Extremity Reconstruction

Abstract

Daily walking stance benefits the health, whereas lower extremity reconstruction aims to accomplish balanced walking and posture control. If local flap or tendon transfer cannot provide the basic function, microsurgical reconstruction is indicated for bony, soft tissue, and sensation restoration. Wound repair can use every modality and can achieve varying wound coverage results. However, all reconstruction should have functional goals using either local flap or free flap to restore the lost function. With less recipient site secondary damage, microsurgery can provide healthy composite tissue with like-replaces-like approach to create more stable long-term results.

Keywords: Foot equinovarus contracture; Knee contracture; Medial plantar flap; Microsurgical functional reconstruction; Vascularized bone flap.