Applications of a semitendinosus muscle flap in two dogs

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The proximal half of the semitendinosus muscle can be used as a versatile vascularized local transposition flap to reconstruct anatomic faults in the adjacent perineum in dogs. The flap is easy to dissect, and the arc of rotation is considerably beyond the midline. The location, size, and direction of the major vascular pedicle from the caudal gluteal artery is conducive to dependable flap perfusion.

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