(KUTV) — The gracilis is a muscle that runs along the inner thigh and is responsible for hip adduction and assists with knee flexion. Jeffery Beck, exercise specialist from Intermountain Medical ...

These include direct suture, nerve grafts, nerve transfer, tendon transfer and free-functioning muscle transfer. The procedure is done under general anaesthesia, with the patient in a supine position.

Stimulated graciloplasty involves creating a new anal sphincter using transposed gracilis muscle. Electrodes are implanted in the transposed muscle and connected to an electric pulse generator ...