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Fracture grade and selection of soft tissue cover
| Soft tissue reconstruction | Gustilo and Anderson grade | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | IIIa | IIIb | IIIc | Total | ||
| Free flaps | Muscle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Fasciocutaneous | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Local flaps | Muscle | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| Fasciocutaneous | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Split skin graft | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Direct closure or secondary intention | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 1 | 55 | |
