The perforator propeller flap is the propeller flap which is used most commonly. This article stipulates the definitions of propeller flaps and especially perforator propeller flaps. A series of perforator veins interconnect the superficial and deep systems. Pedicled perforator flaps can be transferred either by translation or rotation. The broad option of donor-sites makes practically all patients candidates for autogenous perforator flap reconstruction. In lower limb surgery there have also been reports of successful use of perforator flaps. Another option is covering the defect with a so-called perforator flap. Perforator flaps can be classified in many different ways. This latter subdivision is however not taken into account during the dissection of the perforator. A check perforator punches small round holes that form numerals. Creed created his first keyboard perforator, which used compressed air to punch the holes. Only the size, position, and course of the perforator vessel are considered then. He also created a reperforator (receiving perforator) and a printer. Typex Mark VIII was a Mark II fitted with a morse perforator.