Classically, the perforator branch of the inferior
gluteal artery nourishing the gluteal sulcus is used for reconstruction purposes.
The superior
gluteal artery perforator flap: An additional tool in the treatment of sacral pressure sores.
In this case series, Case 1 had a massive bleeding due to injury of the superior
gluteal artery with no fractures.
Image depicting embolization of the superior
gluteal artery.
(6) revealed the following: (i) the superior gluteal region is supplied by 5 [+ or -] 2 cutaneous perforators arising from the superior
gluteal artery; (ii) all perforators are musculocutaneous, with 50% passing through the gluteus maximus muscle while the remaining 50% pass through the gluteus medius muscle; (iii) the average diameter of the perforators arising from the superior
gluteal artery is 0.6 [+ or -] 0.1 mm and the average pedicle length from the deep fascia is 23 [+ or -] 11 mm; and (iv) the average cutaneous vascular territory for the superior
gluteal artery is 69 [+ or -] 56 [cm.sup.2] with each perforator supplying an area of 21 [+ or -] 8 [cm.sup.2].
Superior
gluteal artery laceration, A complication of iliac bone graft surgery.
Brown, "Profound hypotension in blunt trauma associated with superior
gluteal artery rupture without pelvic fracture," Journal of Trauma--Injury, Infection and Critical Care, vol.
Historically, the superior
gluteal artery is known as gluteal superior or
gluteal artery (Gray, 1867) is classified as a third class by Herbert in 1825.
At this point, the posterior flap contains the deep branch of the medial femoral circumflex artery (MFCA), the anastomoses with the inferior
gluteal artery, and the retinacular vessels.
It may be much smaller in diameter when the femoral artery arises from the inferior
gluteal artery or internal iliac artery.
It then traveled forwards, infero-lateral to the common trunk of internal pudendal and inferior
gluteal artery, it further coursed forwards and downwards lying over the ischio-coccygeal part of levator ani to reach the upper part of obturator foramen, running parallel and inferior to the obturator nerve.