[The "racket-like" flap: Method to increase the reliability of the sural neuro-cutaneous flap]

We realized a retrospective study from 2003 to 2018 comparing two surgical techniques of neuro-fascio-cutaneous sural flap harvesting to improve their reliability: the "vascular pedicle tunneling" method and the "racket-like" flap method. There are 35 flaps in this series from lower distal limb reconstruction: 21 "racket-like" flaps and 14 "tunneling-pedicle" flaps. There were no partial or total necrosis case in the "racket-like" flaps group. Our technique reduces covering failure due to partial or total necrosis risk with a statistically significant impact. We propose to extend the "racket-like" technique to every fascio-cutaneous flap available.