TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hallock, Geoffrey G.
PY  - 2018
TI  - A pragmatic evaluation of the role of the medial sural artery perforator flap
JF  - Journal of Xiangya Medicine; Vol 3 (April 2018): Journal of Xiangya Medicine
Y2  - 2018
KW  - 
N2  - The medial sural artery perforator (MSAP) flap is based on musculocutaneous perforators of the medial gastrocnemius muscle. A perforator within this region is routinely present. The flap has a potentially long vascular pedicle of large caliber which serves well to allow a local flap about the knee, or as a relatively thin free flap where vein grafts are rarely needed to reach a recipient site. Harvest of the flap is straightforward. Unfortunately, a skin graft if necessary to close the donor site or even a scar if primary closure were possible usually causes an unacceptable aesthetic residue. Choice of this donor site on this basis alone usually will make this only to be a secondary consideration.
UR  - https://jxym.amegroups.org/article/view/4487