Soft tissue reconstruction with the superior gluteal artery perforator flap.
The development of the perforator flap technique revolutionized the practice of soft tissue transfer. The main goal of this technique is muscle sparing at the donor site for function and strength. Meanwhile, this concept is being widely applied for reconstruction of tissues throughout the entire body. Perforator flaps are the ultimate upgrade of the well-known myocutaneous flaps. Theoretically, any myocutaneous flap can be harvested as a perforator flap if skin resurfacing is needed. Although the DIEP flap, the anterolateral thigh flap, and the TAP flap are probably more frequently used for breast, trunk, and upper and lower limb reconstruction, as well as head and neck reconstruction, the SGAP flap takes its own position in the large group of perforator flaps and has its own specific indications.
Blondeel
Phillip N
PN
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Gent, De Pintelaan 185, 2K12C, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. phillip.blondeel@rug.ac.be
Van Landuyt
Koenraad
K
Hamdi
Moustapha
M
Monstrey
Stan J
SJ
D002081:Buttocks / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000601:surgery; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*