Minimally invasive soft tissue reconstruction with free peroneal artery perforator flap

Kenji Kawamura, Hiroshi Yajima, Shohei Omokawa, Takamasa Shimizu, Naoki Maegawa, Tadanobu Onishi, Naoki Hayami, Yasuhito Tanaka

Abstract


 

 The development of a concept of perforator flap has dramatically changed the soft tissue reconstructive surgery. The surgery with perforator flaps enables to minimize donor-site morbidity by preserving important tissues including the muscle and the major vessel. The peroneal artery perforator flap is one of perforator flaps that can be harvested from the lower leg. The peroneal artery perforator flap has been widely used as a local flap for soft tissue reconstruction in the lower extremity; however, the free peroneal artery perforator flap transfer has been little reported. Utilities of the free peroneal artery perforator flap for soft tissue reconstruction of the extremities are reported, and minimally invasive flap surgery with perforator flaps is reviewed.

 


Keywords


perforator flap, peroneal artery, microsurgery

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18103/imr.v2i8.173

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