Walking-stalk skin graft

A walking-stalk skin graft or waltzing tube pedicle is a skin grafting technique whereby the skin to be used for the graft is formed into a tubular pedicle and moved from the source to the target site by anchoring at both ends, periodically severing one end anchoring it closer to the graft target site. By wrapping the skin in a tube infection is reduced. The technique was invented by Harold Gillies and developed by Archibald McIndoe for the treatment of battle injuries.

The technique is now largely redundant due to advances in vascular surgery and microsurgery.