title: A gastrocnemius musculocutaneous flap.
abstract: The results of injection studies in cadavers and in vivo flap construction suggested that a flap based on the medial or lateral gastrocnemius muscle and the skin of the popliteal fossa draining to the long or short saphenous systems respectively provides a good length to breadth ratio flap without prior delay. Such a flap based on the medial gastrocnemius muscle was used successfully in 1 patient.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous