Two Cases of Distal Anterolateral Thigh Flap ()
Masami Saito,
Naohiro Kimura,
Mamoru Tnegawa,
Yoichi Tomizuka,
Taku Tsukakoshi,
Masamitsu Onda
Department of I-I and Tower Clinic, Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Oumu Municipal Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shinyurigaoka General Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
Department of Tsukiji Dermatology Plastic and Hand Surgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo, Japan.
Tokyo Teishin Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
DOI: 10.4236/ss.2013.43035
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Abstract
We report our experience with two cases of anterolateral thigh flaps based on the musculocutaneous perforators arising from a more distal part of the descending branch than in the conventional anterolateral thigh flap. Case 1: A 53-year-old man with a skin ulcer over the anterior surface of the left tibia secondary to plate fixation for an open fracture. The perforator marked with preoperative Doppler was located 8 cm proximal to the superior border of the patella. Without thinning, the flap was 10 × 4 cm in size and 5 mm thick. Case 2: A 46-year-old man with necrosis of the right index finger after replantation. The flap was 5 × 3 cm in size and 3 mm in thickness. This “distal” anterolateral thigh flap can be raised as a quite thin flap with a long pedicle and, therefore, is considered useful in the reconstruction of various soft tissue defects.
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M. Saito, N. Kimura, M. Tnegawa, Y. Tomizuka, T. Tsukakoshi and M. Onda, "Two Cases of Distal Anterolateral Thigh Flap,"
Surgical Science, Vol. 4 No. 3, 2013, pp. 189-191. doi:
10.4236/ss.2013.43035.
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