Patient-Reported Assessment of Functional Gait Outcomes following Superior Gluteal Artery Perforator Reconstruction

Patient-Reported Assessment of Functional Gait Outcomes following Superior Gluteal Artery Perforator Reconstruction

BACKGROUND Harvesting the superior gluteal artery perforator (SGAP) flap involves dissection of vessels through the gluteal muscle, potentially compromising gait and ambulation. We compared patient-reported gait and ambulation problems between SGAP flap and deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap reconstructions. METHODS Forty-three patients who underwent bilateral free flap breast re...

CASE REPORT Superior Gluteal Artery Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction Salvage Following Late Venous Congestion After Discharge

OBJECTIVE Microvascular thrombosis is a dreaded complication of free tissue transfer, especially in breast reconstruction. Failure often leads to complete loss of the reconstruction and affects the patient both physically and psychologically. Fortunately, most vascular compromises occur early (within 24-36 hours) while the patient is still in the hospital and intervention takes place prior to i...

The superior gluteal artery perforator flap for reconstruction of sacral sores

This report describes our experiences using the superior gluteal artery perforator (SGAP) flaps for reconstruction of 2 sacral sore cases. A 47-year-old female patient and a  38-year-old man with sacral sores were treated in our unit. The size of the defects were approximately 5×6 cm2  and 8×9 cm2, the  defects were repaired by SGAP flaps. The size of designed was  SGAP flaps varied from  7×20 ...

Reconstruction of an Irradiated Perineal Wound With a Superior Gluteal Artery Perforator Flap

Application and refinement of the superior gluteal artery perforator free flap for bilateral simultaneous breast reconstruction.

BACKGROUND The gluteal artery perforator free flap represents the state of the art in autogenous breast reconstruction for the patient with insufficient abdominal donor tissue. Preservation of the gluteal musculature limits morbidity and allows for rapid patient recovery. The need for intraoperative repositioning has historically limited gluteal artery perforator flap breast reconstruction to o...