Evaluation of cutaneous sensibility of the internal pudendal artery perforator (IPAP) flap after perineal reconstructions

摘要

Background: In oncological perineal reconstructions, the internal pudendal artery perforator (IPAP) flap is our flap of choice, supplied by perforator vessels from the internal pudendal artery and innervated by branches from the pudendal nerve and the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve. Data related to the evaluation of its cutaneous sensibility are scarce, discrepant, and subject to methodological criticism.