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Treatment of Trochanteric Ulcers with Cranial Sartorius and Rectus Femoris Muscle Flaps
Author(s) -
CHAMBERS JONATHAN N.,
PURINTON PAULT,
MOORE JAMES L.,
ALLEN SHEILA W.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1990.tb01226.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sartorius muscle , rectus femoris muscle , surgery , transposition (logic) , anatomy , electromyography , linguistics , philosophy , psychiatry
Five dogs with pressure ulcers over the greater trochanter were treated by debridement and transposition of the cranial part of the sartorius or the rectus femoris muscle. Both muscles had vascular anatomy that allowed transposition based on a major vascular pedicle. All wounds healed promptly by primary intention and no ulcer recurred. The cranial sartorius flap technique was easier to perform than the rectus femoris technique.