Discussion. Application of multidetector-row computed tomography in propeller flap planning.

摘要

The senior author of this article, Dr. Hyakusoku, first described the propeller flap for reconstructing scar contractures of the axilla and cubital fossa in 1991.The advantage of the propeller flap is that it can be rotated up to 180 degrees to cover an adjacent defect. The same group also developed the multilobed propeller flap technique to overcome the disadvantage of skin graft at the flap donor site after transposition. The propeller flap can be either a random pattern flap or an axial pattern flap based on different types of pedicles: subcutaneous pedicle, perforator pedicle, muscle pedicle, and supercharged pedicle.