title: [Repair of soft tissue defect in hand or foot with lobulated medial sural artery perforator flap].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the clinical effect of the lobulated medial sural artery perforator flap in repairing soft tissue defect in hand or foot.
  
  
  METHODS
  Since March 2012 to September 2014, 6 cases with soft tissue defects in hands or feet were treated by lobulated medial sural artery flaps pedicled with 1st musculo-cutaneous perforator and 2st musculo-cutaneous perforator of the medial sural artery. The size of the flaps ranged from 4.5 cm x 10.0 cm to 6.0 cm x 17.0 cm.
  
  
  RESULTS
  5 cases of lobulated flap survived smoothly, only 1 lobulated flap had venous articulo, but this flap also survived after the articulo was removed by vascular exploration. All flaps had desirable appearance and sensation and the two-point discrimination was 6 mm in mean with 4 to 12 months follow-up (average, 7 months). Linear scar was left in donor sites in 3 cases and skin scar in 3 cases. There was no malfunction in donor sites.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lobulated medial sural artery perforator flap is feasible and ideal method for the treatment of soft tissue defect in hand or foot with satisfactory effect.
authors.forename: Zhao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fengjing
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jianmin
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xingqun
authors.forename: Ma
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Longchun
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yibo
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Zhu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhen
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries; D002921:Cicatrix; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D061525:Perforator Flap / Q000637:transplantation*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing