Italy: Researchers have found in new research that free flap surgery with dual innervation for long-term paralysis of the lower third of the face can achieve comparable results using either latissimus ...

Erector Spinae Plane Block for Mastectomy and Breast Flap Reconstructive Surgery: A Three Case Series Wei Shyan Siow, Jimmy Guan Cheng Lim, Kwee Lian Woon Open Journal of Anesthesiology Vol.10 No.1 , ...

Upper Gracilis flap: Here skin, fat, and part of the gracilis muscle are taken to make a new breast. Depending on the shape and which part of the muscle is used, it can be called a transverse upper ...

Taking tissue from the outer part of the thigh is called a transverse myocutaneous gracilis flap (TMG), a lateral thigh flap, or a saddle bag flap. Taking tissue from the inner part of the thigh is a ...

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Figure 1.Intraoperative photographs. (A) 11 cm × 6 cm sized capsule defect (green dotted line), scored gastrocnemius muscle fascia (yellow bold line).(B) Gastrocnemius musculocutaneous flap covered ...

The following is the summary of “Gracilis Flap Repair for Reoperative Rectovaginal Fistula” published in the January 2023 issue of Diseases of the Colon & Rectum by Hull, et al. Recto-vaginal fistulas ...

He and other surgeons at Johns Hopkins spent years trying to perfect a different technique, the multivector gracilis muscle flap, where surgeons take a section of the gracilis muscle, located on ...

TUG flap (transverse upper gracilis flap) LUG flap (L-shaped upper gracilis flap) DUG flap (diagonal upper gracilis flap). A PAP flap (profunda artery perforator flap). This method does not use muscle ...

LD flap breast reconstruction is an operation that creates a new breast shape using tissue taken from your back. The surgeon uses a muscle called the latissimus dorsi (LD) and some overlying fat and ...

Pedicled muscle flaps reported in literatures are sartorius flap(S-M), rectus abdominis flap (RA-M), tensor fascia lata flap (TFL-M), gracilis flap(G-M), and rectus femoris flap (RF-M) (2, 4–10).