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The brachioradialis forearm flap: anatomy and clinical application. Plast Reconstr Surg 1994 Oct;94(5):667-74

Date

10/01/1994

Pubmed ID

7938290

DOI

10.1097/00006534-199410000-00015

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0028112963 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   24 Citations

Abstract

The blood supply to the brachioradialis muscle and the skin of the forearm was studied in latex-injected arms. The dominant perforator to the muscle arose from the brachial artery (27.3 percent), radial recurrent artery (33.3 percent), or radial artery (39.4 percent). In all cases, adequate perforators exist from the radial artery so that transfer as either a muscle or musculocutaneous free flap based on this vessel is possible. In 10 arms the septocutaneous perforators from the radial artery were dissected to determine the relationship between the forearm and brachioradialis flaps. Transfer of the brachioradialis muscle as a free flap or combined with the radial artery forearm flap based on the radial artery and either the venae comitantes and/or the cutaneous veins is feasible. Four clinical cases demonstrate the usefulness of this flap.

Author List

Sanger JR, Ye Z, Yousif NJ, Matloub HS

Authors

Hani S. Matloub MD Professor in the Plastic Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
James R. Sanger MD Professor in the Plastic Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adult
Aged
Brachial Artery
Cadaver
Carcinoma, Basal Cell
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Facial Neoplasms
Forearm
Humans
Male
Mouth Neoplasms
Muscle, Skeletal
Radial Artery
Skin
Surgical Flaps