title: [Our experience with the use of musculocutaneous flaps in the treatment of skin defects.].
abstract: The authors demonstrate the technique of a muscular and musculocutaneous flap from the gastrocnemius muscle and its indication in chronic defects of bones and soft tissues in the proximal third of the leg, in the area of the knee and distal portion of the thigh in actual patients. The objective is to draw attention to the advantages of muscular and musculocutaneous flaps from the gastrocnemius muscle as well as to the relatively easy preparation of mobilization of the flap, the reliability of the neurovascular supply and the possibility to rotate the flap to a greater extent, and in particular the time saving character of the operation, as compared with other types of flaps and reconstruction procedures in chronic defects, and finally the high success rate. Key words: leg, defect, musculocutaneous flap.
authors.affiliation: Klinika plastickej a rekonstrukcnej chirurgie FN L. Pasteura, Kosice.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guzanin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Potocká
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zábavníková
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jurásek