Flow-through anterolateral thigh flap for simultaneous soft tissue and long vascular gap reconstruction in extremity injuries: Anatomical study and case report

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL.4, 2008, Pages 47-54

  Sananpanich, Kanit ^a   Tu, Yuan Kun ^b   Kraisarin, Jirachart ^a   Chalidapong, Preecha ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

anterolateral thigh flap; flow through flap; perforator flap; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARM INJURY; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GRAFT PERFUSION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATERAL CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL ARTERY; LIMB INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM; VASCULAR PEDICLE; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51649087405     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.08.031     Document Type: Article

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