A comparative multicentre study evaluating gluteal turnover flap for wound closure after abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer.
Sarah SharabianyJ J W van DamS SparenbergR D BlokB SinghS ChaudhriF RunauA A W van GelovenA W H van de VenO LapidR HompesP J TanisG D MustersPublished in: Techniques in coloproctology (2021)
The uncomplicated perineal wound-healing rate after the gluteal turnover flap and primary closure after APR is similar, and no chronic perineal sinus or perineal hernia occurred after flap closure. Future studies have to confirm potential benefits of the gluteal turnover flap.