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The authors are reporting an observation in a 60 years old patient, of a serious gaping after a traumatism of the thigh with a massive loss of skin and muscles on the lateral aspect and a comminuted fracture the femoral diaphysis over 14 cm. There was no major vascular nervous lesion and after some time of paring and monitoring a fascio-cutaneous fore-inner flap of the thigh was realized. In the second stage, after the closing-up, a frozen-kept femoral allo-transplant was fitted and kept in by means of a bolted nailing. 36 months after the traumatism the transplant was assimilated and the patient was able to walk without any stick. The lack of any serious nervous vascular lesion in this particular case led to realize a rarely employed flap which enabled to solve the problem of the loss of the skin and muscles quickly and to realize the reconstruction by means of a massive bone allo-transplant, the only alternative to obtain a functional member.

About twenty five dissections of the forefoot, we have precised the presence of serosis burses, upper the profound transversal intermetatarsus ligament, in the intercapito metatarsus region. These burses, recently described by Bossley (New Zealand), are not described in the classical anatomic books. Variable in the first and forth spaces, they are always present in the second and third spaces, where their very anterior situation realizes a privileged connexion with the digital nerve, at its division. In precising the situation and the anatomic characteristics of these burses, this study contributes to clarify the etiology of some inflammatory or static pains of the foot.