Volume 24, Number 7, 529-531, DOI: 10.1007/BF02604315

Anal sphincter reconstruction and perineal resurfacing with a gracilis myocutaneous flap

Michael Kalisman and Leonard A. Sharzer

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Abstract

A 60-year-old woman with radiation proctitis and perineal radiodermatitis has been treated by one-stage transfer of a gracilis myocutaneous flap, utilizing the muscle to restore anal sphicter function and the skin for perineal resurfacing.

Key words  sphincter, anal - Perineum, resurfacing - Myocutaneous flap - Surgery, gracilis myocutaneous flap

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