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gluteal artery

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gluteal artery
n.
1. An artery with origin in the internal iliac artery, with distribution to the hip joint and gluteal region; inferior gluteal artery.
2. An artery with origin in the internal iliac artery, with distribution to the gluteal region; superior gluteal artery.


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Other free tissue transfer techniques are technically possible such as rectus muscle-sparing deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flaps, inferior and superior gluteal artery perforator flaps (IGAP and SGAP), and gracilis-based thigh flaps, but these are not widely available.
Finally, the sacrotuberous ligament is pierced by the coccygeal branches of the inferior gluteal artery, and the perforating cutaneous nerve and filaments of the coccygeal plexus (Williams et al.
 
 
 
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