Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA
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The iliac crests are rich sources of cortical as well as cancellous bone. Though the proportions of cortico-cancellous tissue vary along the crest, a detailed morphometric characterization of the osseous tissue along the iliac crest is hard to come across in literature. This paucity of anatomical data on the quantity of cortical and cancellous bone along the iliac blade has prompted this study. ⋯ Strategies for graft harvesting from the iliac crests should be based upon the morphological assessment of the bone at the desired site of harvest.
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The anatomical features of the posterior compartment of the arm seem to provide the basis to raise one of the smallest free muscular flaps, with minimal donor site morbidity: the medial triceps free flap. ⋯ Our findings confirmed the reliability of the MC vessels and their anatomical relationships with the medial head of triceps brachii muscle, which could be harvested as a free flap or as a pedicled flap based on anterograde or retrograde flow. This technique should be safe, yielding mild donor site morbidity, and suitable in regional reconstruction or distant reanimations.