Affiliation:
1. Plastic Surgery, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract
The superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator (SCIP) flap has been
used for scrotal reconstruction after Fournier's gangrene, skin cancer or
infections. However, there are few publications on regard to penoscrotal
reconstruction after a traumatic injury with this flap. In this article, we
propose a new SCIP flap variation, the “extended” or “direct” SCIP flap,
to effectively reconstruct a wide scrotal defect after a traumatic injury.
The “extended” SCIP flap is designed medial and cranial to the
anterosuperior iliac spine (ASIS) using the superficial branch of the
superficial circumflex iliac artery (SCIA) as the main pedicle.