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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2010; 43(02): 173-176
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1699431
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The transversely split gracilis twin free flaps

Divya N. Upadhyaya
1   Department of Plastic, Craniofacial and Microsurgery, Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute of Medical Sciences, Vivekananda Puri, Mahanagar, India
,
Vaibhav Khanna
1   Department of Plastic, Craniofacial and Microsurgery, Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute of Medical Sciences, Vivekananda Puri, Mahanagar, India
2   Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Sahara Hospital, India
,
Surajit Bhattacharya
2   Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Sahara Hospital, India
,
Sandeep Garg
3   Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Joint Replacement, Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute of Medical Sciences, Vivekananda Puri, Mahanagar, India
4   Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Joint Replacement, Sahara Hospital, Lucknow, India
,
Romesh Kohli
2   Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Sahara Hospital, India
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15 January 2020 (online)

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ABSTRACT

The gracilis muscle is a Class II muscle that is often used in free tissue transfer. The muscle has multiple secondary pedicles, of which the first one is the most consistent in terms of position and calibre. Each pedicle can support a segment of the muscle thus yielding multiple small flaps from a single, long muscle. Although it has often been split longitudinally along the fascicles of its nerve for functional transfer, it has rarely been split transversely to yield multiple muscle flaps that can be used to cover multiple wounds in one patient without subjecting him/her to the morbidity of multiple donor areas.

KEY WORDS

Split gracilis muscle flap - gracilis flap - double muscle flap - one muscle two flaps
 

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