Surgical approach to the vascular pedicle of the gracilis muscle flap.
An easy and safe approach to the vascular pedicle of the gracilis muscle flap is described. With this technique the vascular pedicle can be harvested with maximum length and the largest possible caliber for functioning free muscle transfer.
Hattori
Yasunori
Y
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ogori Daiichi General Hospital, Yoshikigun, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Doi
Kazuteru
K
Abe
Yukio
Y
Ikeda
Keisuke
K
Dhawan
Vikas
V
D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply / Q000637:transplantation*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*