Abstract

Colorectal surgeons have used omentum based on the left gastric epiploic vessels after any major operation in the pelvis⁽¹⁾. Omental flaps reach very well into the pelvis by the retrocolic route and have been used in the past for better and quicker healing of perineal defects following abdominoperineal resections^(2,3). Omentum has excellent healing properties, which can be, used even as free flaps⁽⁴⁾.