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The objective of this study was to evaluate and quantify DPBM defect reconstruction in the lower leg, especially in elderly, multimorbid and severely ill patients.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Material and Methods The DPBM as a surgical option in defect reconstruction in multimorbid, elderly, severely ill patients (inclusion criteria: at least 3 pre-existing comorbidities, patient age: at least 55 years, ASA status: at least III) was evaluated in a retrospective single-centre study from 01 April 2014 to 31 December 2019. The electronic SAP health records (EHR) were analysed according to 18 criteria, including patient details, extent of multimorbidity, defect characteristics, clinical outcome, and complications.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Outcome Ten patients with a mean age of 72.6 years, a mean number of 8.5 pre-existing comorbidities and a mean ASA status of 3.1 met the inclusion criteria. The leading causes of defects, each with exposed tendons, bones, joint capsule, or joint, were chronic ulcers (n\u2009=\u20095) and soft tissue defects resulting from fractures (n\u2009=\u20093). In case of DMPB the success rate was 100% (no partial or total loss) with a short operating time (mean: 103\u2009min) and a brief postoperative length of stay (mean: 11\u2009d). In 2 patients (20%), DPBM surgery had to be discontinued intraoperatively and an alternative technique of defect reconstruction had to be adopted. The reasons included impaired muscle perfusion and fatty degeneration of the peroneus brevis muscle.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Conclusion The DPBM flap allows straightforward, fast and safe defect reconstruction in the lower extremity, particularly in elderly, multimorbid and severely ill patients at risk. In patients with inadequate peroneal brevis muscle, however, DMPB surgery should be discontinued intraoperatively and the defect reconstructed using alternative techniques.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-1373-6564","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,19]],"date-time":"2021-04-19T22:55:26Z","timestamp":1618872926000},"page":"422-430","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Distally Based Peroneus Brevis Muscle Flap for Lower Extremity Defect Reconstruction in Severely Ill Multimorbid Patients"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"160","author":[{"given":"Cornelius Dieter","family":"Schubert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Asklepios Hospital Harburg, Hamburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jochen","family":"von Freyhold-H\u00fcnecken","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Asklepios Hospital Harburg, Hamburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thomas","family":"Bittrich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Asklepios Hospital Harburg, Hamburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marie Luise","family":"Onken","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Asklepios Hospital Harburg, Hamburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Tomala","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Asklepios Hospital Harburg, Hamburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vladan","family":"Montenegro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Asklepios Hospital Harburg, Hamburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J\u00f6rg","family":"Elsner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Asklepios Hospital Harburg, Hamburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","volume-title":"Multimorbidit\u00e4t \u2013 S3-Leitlinie","author":"M Scherer","year":"2017"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"430","DOI":"10.1016\/j.arr.2011.03.003","article-title":"Aging with multimorbidity: a systematic review of the literature","volume":"10","author":"A Marengoni","year":"2011","journal-title":"Ageing Res Rev"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"101","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2458-11-101","article-title":"Which chronic diseases and disease combinations are specific to multimorbidity in the elderly? 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