TY - JOUR
T1 - Radial forearm skin with flexor carpi radialis muscle
T2 - A useful composite free flap
AU - Sukkar, Samir M.
AU - Saulis, Alexandrina S.
AU - Dumanian, Gregory A.
PY - 2002/11/1
Y1 - 2002/11/1
N2 - Four patients were treated successfully with a simple modification of the standard radial forearm free flap. The flexor carpi radialis was harvested along with the radial artery vascular pedicle and forearm skin, producing a tennis racket-shaped flap. The entire flexor carpi radialis can be transferred based on radial artery perforators that enter the distal half of the muscle. The flexor carpi radialis can extend the versatility of the radial forearm free flap, principally by providing good-quality coverage of the vascular anastomoses.
AB - Four patients were treated successfully with a simple modification of the standard radial forearm free flap. The flexor carpi radialis was harvested along with the radial artery vascular pedicle and forearm skin, producing a tennis racket-shaped flap. The entire flexor carpi radialis can be transferred based on radial artery perforators that enter the distal half of the muscle. The flexor carpi radialis can extend the versatility of the radial forearm free flap, principally by providing good-quality coverage of the vascular anastomoses.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000637-200211000-00007
DO - 10.1097/00000637-200211000-00007
M3 - Article
C2 - 12439015
AN - SCOPUS:0036842010
SN - 0148-7043
VL - 49
SP - 486
EP - 489
JO - Annals of plastic surgery
JF - Annals of plastic surgery
IS - 5
ER -
