Repair of soft tissue defect in hand or foot with lobulated medial sural artery perforator flap / 中华整形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the clinical effect of the lobulated medial sural artery perforator flap in repairing soft tissue defect in hand or foot.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Since March 2012 to September 2014, 6 cases with soft tissue defects in hands or feet were treated by lobulated medial sural artery flaps pedicled with 1st musculo-cutaneous perforator and 2st musculo-cutaneous perforator of the medial sural artery. The size of the flaps ranged from 4.5 cm x 10.0 cm to 6.0 cm x 17.0 cm.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>5 cases of lobulated flap survived smoothly, only 1 lobulated flap had venous articulo, but this flap also survived after the articulo was removed by vascular exploration. All flaps had desirable appearance and sensation and the two-point discrimination was 6 mm in mean with 4 to 12 months follow-up (average, 7 months). Linear scar was left in donor sites in 3 cases and skin scar in 3 cases. There was no malfunction in donor sites.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Lobulated medial sural artery perforator flap is feasible and ideal method for the treatment of soft tissue defect in hand or foot with satisfactory effect.</p>