Reverse Sural Artery Perforator Flap: "Reconstructive Masters"

In Part 3 of the special November "Reconstructive Masters" Edition of the Award-winning PRS Journal Club Podcast, 2017 Resident Ambassadors to the PRS Editorial Board M. Shuja Shafqat MD, Chad Purnell MD, and Jordan Frey MD and special guest David Chang MD, Professor of Surgery & Chief of Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Chicago, discuss the following reconstructive article from the November 2017 issue:
"Sural Nerve Splitting in Reverse Sural Artery Perforator Flap: Anatomical Study in 40 Cadaver Legs” by Kim, Hu, Chang, and Kim.
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We are absolutely thrilled and honored to be included in the PRS Journal Club this month! Thanks to Drs. Shafqat, Purnell, and Frey and especially Dr. Chang for the thoughtful discussion on our work - hopefully our update to the Gustilo classification will be useful to our reconstructive colleagues. As they point out, venous outflow is just as important as adequate inflow. We did evaluate our venous outflow with regard to deep and superficial recipient systems and 1 vs. 2 veins. We found no difference in deep vs. superficial venous recipient systems, however, two veins were found to be beneficial - particularly among muscle flaps.