Gracilis Muscle Split into Two Free Flaps

ABSTRACT

A case is presented in which the gracilis muscle was transversely split into two free flaps for coverage of two separate defects in a patient with a multi-segment fracture of the metatarsal bones and the ankle joint.

Single muscle - two free flaps - split gracilis

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