Plastic Surgery—Myths and Realities in Developing Countries: Experience from Eastern Nepal

Table 5

Outcome.

Operative plastic surgery patients	Burn patients nonoperated
(i) Mortality–nil	Overall mortality 15.1%
(ii) Significant morbidity: total flap loss-4	(i) Mortality in year 2007 = 17.92%
(a) Free gracilis flap-1
(b) Ped Anterolateral thigh flap-1	(ii) Mortality in year 2008 = 12.32%
(c) Free ALT flap-1
(d) Reverse sural flap-1
(iii) 2-limb salvage surgeries failed, resulted in amputations
(a) Crush injury leg and knee
(b) Infected ruptured femoral artery pseudo aneurysm