UPPER TIBIAL CORTICOCANCELLOUS FLAP ANATOMY STUDY (19.2.93)

A cortico-cancellous flap from the anterolateral aspect of the upper t hird of the tibia was presented. Sixty lower limbs of ''fresh'' cadave rs were dissected. The vascular bundle includes the anterior tibial ar tery and its recurrent collateral branches and recurrent and muscllo p eriostal arteries. The flap is harvested with the interosseous membran e and can be used either free or pedicled. We used this flap for two p atients suffering from pseudarthrosis. Long range clinical and radiolo gical results are good.