title: Medial plantar flap based distally on the lateral plantar artery to cover a forefoot skin defect.
abstract: The authors report a simple, single-step procedure to promote the distal transfer of the instep island flap for coverage of the submetatarsal weight-bearing zone. First described in 1991 by Martin et aI, this procedure remained unknown. As opposed to the medial plantar flap, this technique proposes an instep island flap based on the lateral plantar artery. The inflow and outflow of blood is assured by the anastomosis between the dorsalis pedis and lateral plantar vessels. This approach allows for the transfer of similar tissue and provides adequate coverage of the weight-bearing zone of the distal forefoot.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Orthopédie Traumatologie, Hopital Bichat, Paris, France. christophe.oberlin@bch.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oberlin
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Accioli de Vasconcellos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Touam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D016523:Foot Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D005545:Forefoot, Human / Q000098:blood supply / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology