Author(s)

Saito Masami^1*, Kimura Naohiro², Okochi Masayuki¹, Tomizuka Yosuke³, Onda Masamitsu⁴, Ueda Kazuki¹

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.
²Tsukiji Dermatology Plastic and Hand Surgery, Tokyo, Japan.
³Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Social Insurance Funabashi Central Hospital, Funabashi, Japan.
⁴Shinwa Clinic Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

Until now, harvesting of flap elevations from the ipsilateral thigh twice in the same patient in two operations has not been reported. We harvested thigh flaps twice from the ipsilateral thigh of a single patient in separate operations. A 44-year-old man had skin defects of the right thumb and the left middle finger. In the first operation, his right thumb was reconstructed by the hemi-pulp flap. The anterolateral thigh flap harvested from the left thigh transferred to the donor site defect of the hemi-pulp flap. Sixteen days after the first operation, another anterolateral thigh flap harvested from the left thigh transferred to the defect of the left middle finger. This operative procedure is very useful for cases requiring multi-flap transfer.

Anterolateral Thigh Flap, Twice from the Ipsilateral Thigh, Perforator Flap

Masami, S. , Naohiro, K. , Masayuki, O. , Yosuke, T. , Masamitsu, O. and Kazuki, U. (2016) A Case of Harvesting Anterolateral Thigh Flaps Twice from the Ipsilateral Thigh of a Single Patient in Separate Operations. Surgical Science, 7, 185-190. doi: 10.4236/ss.2016.74025.