The free fascio-peritoneal flap: an anatomical study

✍ Scribed by W. Danau; R. Batiteyau; F. Tussenbroek; P. Wylock

• Book ID: 104652819
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 390 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1435-0130
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00178738

✦ Synopsis

The blood supply of the periumbilical posterior rectus fascia and peritoneum was studied in 60 hemiabdomens on 30 fresh human cadavers. An umbilical peritoneal vascular pedicle deriving from the deep inferior epigastric artery was present in 95% of the specimens with a mean length of 6.5 cm and 15 cm including the deep inferior epigastric artery pedicle. The mean pedicle diameter was 1.5 mm (artery) or 2 mm (veins). The surface of the free fascio-peritoneal flap measures on average 15x8 cm. This thin flap is a good alternative for fascial coverage of exposed tendons and intraoral reconstruction, and if necessary the rectus abdominis muscle and a skin paddle can be included as a composite flap.