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The Clinical Application of Anterolateral Thigh Flap
Joint Authors
Chiu, Haw-Yen
Shieh, Shyh-Jou
Lee, Yao-Chou
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-11-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The anterolateral thigh flap can provide a large skin paddle nourished by a long and large-caliber pedicle and can be harvested by two-team work.
Most importantly, the donor-site morbidity is minimal.
However, the anatomic variations decreased its popularity.
By adapting free-style flap concepts, such as preoperative mapping of the perforators and being familiar with retrograde perforator dissection, this disadvantage had been overcome gradually.
Furthermore, several modifications widen its clinical applications: the fascia lata can be included for sling or tendon reconstruction, the bulkiness could be created by including vastus lateralis muscle or deepithelization of skin flap, the pliability could be increased by suprafascial dissection or primary thinning, the pedicle length could be lengthening by proximally eccentric placement of the perforator, and so forth.
Combined with these technical and conceptual advancements, the anterolateral thigh flap has become the workhorse flap for soft-tissue reconstructions from head to toe.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lee, Yao-Chou& Chiu, Haw-Yen& Shieh, Shyh-Jou. 2011. The Clinical Application of Anterolateral Thigh Flap. Plastic Surgery International،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lee, Yao-Chou…[et al.]. The Clinical Application of Anterolateral Thigh Flap. Plastic Surgery International No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447791
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lee, Yao-Chou& Chiu, Haw-Yen& Shieh, Shyh-Jou. The Clinical Application of Anterolateral Thigh Flap. Plastic Surgery International. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447791
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-447791