DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i09.080

Pages: 3638-3641

Achilles tendon injury is frequent occurrence in road traffic accident which creates a prolonged bed ridden situation if not managed properly. Distal one-third of limb is a soft tissue scanty area housing only the tendinous structures which makes healing a bit difficult in this area. Lateral calcaneal artery based fasciocutaneous flap is an axial flap which can be used as a tool to provide soft tissue cover to repaired or exposed tendoachilles in the acute or chronic setting to speed up the healing process and shorten the morbidity. We studied a series of 5 patients which showed 100% healing rate with no complications.