The 2003 Annual Meeting of OASYS_NEW

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Transciatic Foramen Pedicled Vertical Rectus Myocutaneous Flap Coverage of Gluteal Defect

Tran NV, Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN, USA

Extensive low lumbosacral irradiated defects often require free tissue transfer to achieve closure. The well-known transpelvic path allows the inferiorly based vertical rectus abdominus myocutaneous flap (VRAM ) closure of pelvic and sacrectomy defects. In our 3 cases, the large defects were off the midline. Division of the sacral tuberous ligament enlarged the greater sciatic foramen to create a direct route for the ipsilateral, inferiorly based pedicled VRAM flap to close unilateral gluteal defect up to 300 cm2. This maneuver allows wound closure without free tissue transfer.