Reconstruction of nonhealing perineal wounds with gracilis muscle flaps.
As a method of treating nonhealing wounds of the perineum, usually after proctectomy, use of the gracilis muscle(s) with or without cutaneous attachment has been a successful alternative. Experience with 14 patients, presented here, resulted in healed wounds in all but one.
D000328:Adult; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010502:Perineum / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000601:surgery*; D013848:Thigh