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Recycling a flap: making a perforator flap from a previous gluteal fasciocutaneous flap
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, S. Korea.
Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
|April 16, 2011
Abstract:
We report a case of raising a previous gluteal fasciocutaneous flap again as a perforator-based flap to cover a recurrent defect. This case illustrates that conventional flap tissue with a preserved perforator can be recycled as a perforator flap, and that this method can be an efficient surgical option for recurrent defects.
