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Dorsal Metacarpal Artery Perforator Flaps
The first dorsal metacarpal artery (FDMA) flap (kite flap) was firstly described by Foucher and Braun [1].
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Digital Artery Perforator Flap
As the name suggests, digital artery perforator (DAP) flaps are based off the digital arteries. The concept of DAP flaps arose from the observation that many arterial branches from the digital artery originate...
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Vastus Medialis Perforator Flap
The anatomical basis and the clinical application of the vastus medialis perforator flap was firstly reported by Zheng and Lin [1].
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Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator (DIEP) Flap
Since the deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap was first described in 1989 by Koshima et al. [1], the DIEP flap preserves abdominal wall function without sacrificing the functional ...
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Posterior Thigh Perforator Flap
Hurwitz [1] described the first posterior thigh flap in 1980, when he used a musculocutaneous flap based on the inferior gluteal artery.
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Posterior Tibial Artery Perforator Flap
A skin flap from the medial leg based on the posterior tibial artery and its cutaneous branches was first described by Zhang and colleagues in 1983 [1].
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Medial Sural Artery Perforator Flap
The medial sural perforator flap was described in a very similar fashion in cadaver dissections by Taylor and Daniel [1] as a potential free flap donor site as early as 1975. Baek [2] was the first to report i...
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Dorsal Metatarsal Artery Perforator Flap
Earley and Milner [1] described distally based first web flaps that included branches of the first dorsal and plantar metatarsal arteries and which they used to cover distal dorsal foot defects.
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Anatomy, Classification, and Nomenclature
There are two types of perforating vessels to the skin. They originate from the deep source artery, passing directly to the overlying fascia and skin, from a cavity or fissure that lacks deep fascia (direct cu...
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Anterior Supramalleolar Perforator Flap
The anterior supramalleolar perforator flap is pedicled on the superior malleolar cutaneous branch of the anterior tibial artery. It is a fasciocutaneous flap located in the middle-distal third of the lower leg.
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Pedicled Perforator Flaps
Pedicled perforator flaps are also called local perforator flaps, or island perforator flaps. It combines the advantages of pedicled local flaps (good color and texture match, like-with-like reconstruction), p...