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Since 1971 we have been covering pressure sores and unstable scars with transposition-rotation—muscle and musculocutaneous flaps, thereby padding the cavity resulting from excision of bone and scar tissue. The long term results compare favourably with classical random pattern skin flaps. From the beginning of 1980 we have been using the sensory innervated tensor fascia lata myodermal flap for the ischial region. This provides sensation for a formerly insensitive area in patients suffering from a spinal cord lesion below L3/4.
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Krupp, S., Kuhn, W. & Zaech, G. The use of innervated flaps for the closure of ischial pressure sores. Spinal Cord 21, 119–126 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1983.19
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