Functional Outcome of Free Muscle Flaps Versus Free Skin Flaps for Post-traumatic Foot Plantar Surface Reconstruction

• Conditions: Best Tissue Constituent for Plantar Surface
• Interventions: Procedure: plantar surface reconstruction by free flaps

• Registration Number: NCT03152812
• Lead Sponsor: alhussein Ahmed Mahmoud El-Dahshan

Brief Summary

the investigators are trying to detect what is the best tissue constituent suitable for reconstruction of large post traumatic sof tissue defects of foot plantar surface

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-03-01
• Status Verified: 2017-05
• Study First Submitted: 2017-05-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-05-12
• Study First Posted: 2017-05-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-05-20
• Last Update Posted: 2017-05-23
• Primary Completion: 2019-03
• Study Completion: 2019-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

1. Posttraumatic large soft tissue defects of plantar surface requiring free tissue transfer for coverage
2. At any age

Exclusion Criteria

1-defects that can be managed by local flaps 2-Non traumatic soft tissue defects

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
free skin flaps	plantar surface reconstruction by free flaps	-
free muscle flaps	plantar surface reconstruction by free flaps	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to mobilize	2 years
Requirement of specialized Footwear	2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
flap ulceration	2 years
Shear forces across the flap	2 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Assiut University; 🇪🇬 Assuit, Assiut, Egypt