Feb 14, 2024
Morphology of gracilis muscle and the topographic anatomy of its neurovascular pedicles
- chettiar ganesh kumar1,
- Murlimanju Virupakshamurthy1
- 1Department of Anatomy, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
Protocol Citation: chettiar ganesh kumar, Murlimanju Virupakshamurthy 2024. Morphology of gracilis muscle and the topographic anatomy of its neurovascular pedicles. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.e6nvwdm6dlmk/v1
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Abstract
Gracilis
is often utilized as a graft in the procedures of reconstruction and functioning
muscle transfer.1 It is excellent for the closure of recto-vaginal
and rectourethral fistulas. The distal pedicle is used during the total
knee arthroplasty as a soft tissue graft.2,3 It also has wider
application in the management of wounds of the groin, contractures, scars,
reanimation of the face,4,5 reconstruction of the mammary gland,6and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.7 Additional
harvesting of the gracilis has proven to offer better post-operative functional
activity like in hamstring injury.8 The
main vascular pedicle of gracilis is from the medial and lateral circumflex
femoral arteries, which branch from the deep femoral artery, which enters the
gracilis at the junction of its upper and middle third. Distal part of the gracilis
is supplied by the femoral artery9.
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Morphology of gracilis muscle and the
topographic anatomy of its neurovascular pedicles
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