Value of proximate musculocutaneous flaps for covering open wounds caused by decubitus ulcers

: Musculo cutaneous flaps help to cover the important tissues defects of the pressure sore. During 1988, two of our patients in general bad conditions, needed a quick simple treatment for bed sores involving joints. The patients, one who was paraplegic, the other tetraplegic, were suffering from joint lesions in the elbow and both knees. We carried out a musculo cutaneous flap of the brachio radialis and two of the gastrocnemius medialis, once septic conditions had improved. The simple procedure by transfer assured the cover of the skin defect. The results of the treatment being successful allow us to suggest this type of treatment being used in general traumatologic lesions affecting the elbow and knee joints.