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• TITLE: Spare Parts Surgery—Salvage of a Below Knee Amputation Stump

  AUTHORS: Chasari Tancharoen, Edmund Ek, Anand Ramakrishnan

  KEYWORDS: Below Knee Amputation; Free Flap; Fillet of Sole Flap; Spare Part Surgery

  JOURNAL NAME: Modern Plastic Surgery, Vol.2 No.2, April 26, 2012

  ABSTRACT: “Spare parts surgery” is well-described in the plastic surgery literature. In the setting of trauma, otherwise discarded parts can be utilized for reconstruction resulting in a superior functional and aesthetic outcome for the patient. We describe the use of spare part surgery in order to preserve a functional knee articulation in a patient undergoing amputation for compartment.