[Transplantation of the remedial free anteromedial thigh flap].

Over one hundred and twenty free anterolateral thigh flaps have been performed since 1988, of which ten were operated as free anteromedial flaps because the nutrient vessels emerged from the medial intermuscular space formed by the sartorius, the rectus femoris and vastus medialis muscles. Clinical study indicated that there were three types of nutrient cutaneous arteries in the space: type 1, the medial branch of the descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery in 6 cases; type 2, the superficial femoris artery in 2 cases; and type 3, the branch of the femoris artery in 2 cases. The name of the flap, the operation technique and the compensative characteristics of the arteries are discussed.