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The perforator propeller flap is an advantageous option for soft tissue reconstruction in the lower limb as it ensures the preservation of the main artery and muscle, eliminates the need for microsurgical reconstruction as well as provides “like with like” resurfacing of the defects. Despite this, it remains a technically demanding reconstructive option for residents and surgeons with little experience in perforator dissection. We aimed to evaluate the clinical outcomes of our patients whose soft tissue defects were addressed with propeller flaps.

A retrospective study of all propeller flap based reconstruction done on patients with soft tissue defects involving the distal third of the leg was undertaken from August 2018 to December 2020.

28 patients were treated with propeller flaps for various lower extremity defects. The median defect size was 12 cm². The posterior tibial artery (PTA) was used in …