Free Gracilis Muscle Flap for Sarcoma Reconstruction: 19 Years of Clinical Experience

Table 2

Surgical characteristics of 23 wounds in 22 patients receiving gracilis flaps for sarcoma reconstruction, 1998 to 2017.

Characteristics	N (%)	Mean (range)
Perioperative radiotherapy	19 (83)
Preoperative	11 (48)
Intraoperative	6 (26)
Postoperative	2 (9)
Presence of instrumentation	1 (4.3)
Region of defect
Leg	9 (39)
Dorsal foot	5 (22)
Plantar foot	4 (17)
Upper extremity	4 (17)
Head and neck	1 (4.3)
Defect size, cm^2		118 (54–200)
Time to flap coverage
Immediate (≤72 h after resection)	19 (83)
Delayed (>72 h after resection)	4 (17)
Flap type
Muscle	18 (78)
Myocutaneous	5 (22)
Muscle flap size, cm^2		104 (40–200)^†
Fasciocutaneous island size, cm^2		98 (54–160)
Tendon reconstruction	5 (22)

One patient had a wound that affected the dorsal and plantar aspects of the foot. ^†The mean length of the 22 muscle flaps was 15 cm (range, 9–22 cm), and the mean width was 6.7 cm (range, 4–10 cm).