The epigastric island flap.
We describe a paramedian epigastric island flap fed by the perforators of the superior-inferior epigastric vessels. It is transferred with an intervening strip of muscle and fascia. A case is reported and the future possibilities of the flap are discussed.
D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous