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The gracilis flap revisited

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The gracilis muscle or myocutaneous flap is a Mathes and Nahai neurovascular flap type II. It can be used either as a pedicled flap, or as a free flap. Since 1983, 21 gracilis muscle flaps were used in 19 patients at this department; 15 were pedicled while six were free flaps. Two pedicled flaps were lost, possibly due to an intraoperative spasm of the feeding artery. The indications for using the gracilis muscle are discussed, and the results with an average follow-up of more than a decade are presented.

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  1. Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, 2 Lykiou Str, Athens 10674, Greece e-mail: othon@otenet.gr Tel.: +30-1-7229221, Fax: +30-1-7214414, , , , , , GR

    O. Papadopoulos

  2. Second Propedeutic Department of Athens University, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece, , , , , , GR

    P. Georgiou, A. Christopoulos & P. Sandris

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Received: 6 December 1999 / Accepted: 7 June 2000

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Papadopoulos, O., Georgiou, P., Christopoulos, A. et al. The gracilis flap revisited. E J Plastic Surg 23, 413–418 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002380000195

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