Figure 47.1 Radial forearm flap. Introduction Drs. Yang and Gao of the Shenyang Military Hospital initially introduced the radial forearm flap, often called the “Chinese flap.” Cadaveric studies performed in…

Introduction This chapter covers a selection of pedicled flaps commonly used for soft tissue coverage of the hand. Several are based on primary vessel pedicles (Moberg flap, posterior interosseous artery…

Figure 46.1 Lateral arm flap. Introduction The lateral arm flap (LAF) is a reliable septofasciocutaneous flap for local and free tissue transfer. Song et al. in 1982, Cormack and Lamberty in…

Introduction The gluteus maximus (GM) flap was initially described as a turnover muscle flap for sacral coverage, in 1974. During the following years, musculocutaneous GM flaps became the gold standard…

Figure 43.1 Groin flap and superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator flap. Introduction The groin flap, nourished by the superficial circumflex iliac artery (SCIA), is historically important because it was the…

Figure 42.1 Iliac flap. Introduction The iliac crest provides a good source of bone and is universally accepted as a donor site for non-vascularized grafts. Its role as a vascularized…

Figure 41.1 Latissimus dorsi flap. Introduction The latissimus dorsi flap was introduced by Tansini in 1906 for the coverage of extensive mastectomy defects. Subsequently forgotten, it was re-described by Olivari…

Introduction In 1904, Wiilstein, in Germany, reported the first case of a jejunal flap. He used the jejunum as a pedicled flap to reconstruct the thoracic esophagus. In 1907, Roux,…

Introduction The skin and subcutaneous tissue of the back may be harvested as a flap supplied by the cutaneous or superficial branch of the circumflex scapular artery, originally named by…

Figure 39.1 Trapezius flap. Introduction The trapezius muscle, with its unique triangular shape and great length, extends from the occiput down to the 12th thoracic vertebra and consists of descending,…