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Reopening of surgical incision (new decompressive fasciotomy).
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During the fracture manipulation for its fixation with the L-plate, the right leg developed progressive swelling and pain in a localized compartment, and this complication has made the patient seek our service, when we identified the need to reopen the incision (a new decompressive fasciotomy), being possible to visualize the plate stem (Fig. 1), which had not been previously removed.
Free skin grafting in anterolateral fasciotomy of the right leg with exposure of plate and internal fixation screw.
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A wound dressing was made and, after 15 days postoperatively, a free skin graft in the lateral region of the affected leg was applied, with exposition of the plate and of the internal fixator screw (Fig. 2).