An Anatomical Study on Dominant Vascular Pedicle of Tibialis Anterior Muscle and Its Implication on Tibialis Anterior Muscle Flap

Background The tibialis anterior muscle flap (TAMF) is a reliable option to provide coverage for the middle third of the leg. Identification of multiple segmental vessels for the TAMF often proves to be a tedious procedure. A single dominant vascular pedicle, if identified, can be consist...

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Main Authors: Venkatesh M.S, Shwetha B.M, Manjunath K.N, Ashwini Shivaprasad, Veena Vidyashankar, Anupama K.
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0045-1802631
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author Venkatesh M.S
Shwetha B.M
Manjunath K.N
Ashwini Shivaprasad
Veena Vidyashankar
Anupama K.
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description Background The tibialis anterior muscle flap (TAMF) is a reliable option to provide coverage for the middle third of the leg. Identification of multiple segmental vessels for the TAMF often proves to be a tedious procedure. A single dominant vascular pedicle, if identified, can be consistently used for harvesting the TAMF. There are no anatomical studies in the literature that propose to identify the main vascular pedicle of the tibialis anterior muscle, which can be consistently used for transfer.
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spelling doaj-art-0d8244b5c52c44529963837f859e8dbe2025-02-11T00:01:18ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X10.1055/s-0045-1802631An Anatomical Study on Dominant Vascular Pedicle of Tibialis Anterior Muscle and Its Implication on Tibialis Anterior Muscle FlapVenkatesh M.S0Shwetha B.M1https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0778-3185Manjunath K.N2Ashwini Shivaprasad3Veena Vidyashankar4Anupama K.5Department of Plastic Surgery, Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaAnatomy Department, Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaAnatomy Department, Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaAnatomy Department, Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Background The tibialis anterior muscle flap (TAMF) is a reliable option to provide coverage for the middle third of the leg. Identification of multiple segmental vessels for the TAMF often proves to be a tedious procedure. A single dominant vascular pedicle, if identified, can be consistently used for harvesting the TAMF. There are no anatomical studies in the literature that propose to identify the main vascular pedicle of the tibialis anterior muscle, which can be consistently used for transfer.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0045-1802631tibialis anteriordominant vascular pedicleTAMFfunction sparing
spellingShingle Venkatesh M.S
Shwetha B.M
Manjunath K.N
Ashwini Shivaprasad
Veena Vidyashankar
Anupama K.
An Anatomical Study on Dominant Vascular Pedicle of Tibialis Anterior Muscle and Its Implication on Tibialis Anterior Muscle Flap
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
tibialis anterior
dominant vascular pedicle
TAMF
function sparing
title An Anatomical Study on Dominant Vascular Pedicle of Tibialis Anterior Muscle and Its Implication on Tibialis Anterior Muscle Flap
title_full An Anatomical Study on Dominant Vascular Pedicle of Tibialis Anterior Muscle and Its Implication on Tibialis Anterior Muscle Flap
title_fullStr An Anatomical Study on Dominant Vascular Pedicle of Tibialis Anterior Muscle and Its Implication on Tibialis Anterior Muscle Flap
title_full_unstemmed An Anatomical Study on Dominant Vascular Pedicle of Tibialis Anterior Muscle and Its Implication on Tibialis Anterior Muscle Flap
title_short An Anatomical Study on Dominant Vascular Pedicle of Tibialis Anterior Muscle and Its Implication on Tibialis Anterior Muscle Flap
title_sort anatomical study on dominant vascular pedicle of tibialis anterior muscle and its implication on tibialis anterior muscle flap
topic tibialis anterior
dominant vascular pedicle
TAMF
function sparing
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0045-1802631
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