Alternative reconstructive choices for anterolateral thigh flap dissection in cases in which no sizable skin perforator is available

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 571-575

  Hsieh, Ching Hua ^a   Yang, Johnson Chia Shen ^a   Chen, Chien Chang ^a   Kuo, Yur Ren ^a   Jeng, Seng Feng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Anteromedial thigh flap; Lateral circumflex femoral artery; Perforator; Tensor fascia latae flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSOR FASCIA LATA MUSCLE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 66349104077     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20995     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Hurvitz KA, Kobayashi M, Evans GR. Current options in head and neck reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 2006;118:122e-133e. (Pubitemid 44511397)
2. Wei FC, Jain V, Celik N, Chen HC, Chuang DC, Lin CH. Have we found an ideal soft-tissue flap? An experience with 672 anterolateral thigh flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg 2002;109:2219-2226. (Pubitemid 34556194)
3. Pribaz JJ, Orgill DP, Epstein MD, Sampson CE, Hergrueter CA. Anterolateral thigh free flap. Ann Plast Surg 1995;34:585-592.
4. Zhou G, Qiao Q, Chen GY, Ling YC, Swift R. Clinical experience and surgical anatomy of 32 free anterolateral thigh flap transplantations. Br J Plast Surg 1991;44:91-96.
5. Yildirim S, Avci G, Akan M, Misirlioglu A, Akoz T. Anterolateral thigh flap in the treatment of postburn flexion contractures of the knee. Plast Reconstr Surg 2003;111:1630-1637. (Pubitemid 36397695)
6. Kimata Y, Uchiyama K, Ebihara S, Nakatsuka T, Harii K. Anatomic variations and technical problems of the anterolateral thigh flap: a report of 74 cases. Plast Reconstr Surg 1998;102:1517-1523. (Pubitemid 28468693)
7. Nojima K, Brown SA, Acikel C, et al. Defining vascular supply and territory of thinned perforator flaps. I. Anterolateral thigh perforator flap. Plast Reconstr Surg 2005;116:182-193.
8. Celik N, Wei FC, Lin CH, et al. Technique and strategy in anterolateral thigh perforator flap surgery, based on an analysis of 15 complete and partial failures in 439 cases. Plast Reconstr Surg 2002;109:2211-2216; discussion 2217-2218. (Pubitemid 34556192)
9. Hong JP, Kim EK. Sole reconstruction using anterolateral thigh perforator free flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg 2007;119:186-193. (Pubitemid 46360263)
10. Luo S, Raffoul W, Luo J, et al. Anterolateral thigh flap: a review of 168 cases. Microsurgery 1999;19:232-238. (Pubitemid 29372960)
11. Shimizu T, Fisher DR, Carmichael SW, Bite U. An anatomic comparison of septocutaneous free flaps from the thigh region. Ann Plast Surg 1997;38:604-610. (Pubitemid 27251305)
12. Ao M, Asagoe K, Maeta M, Nakagawa F, Saito R, Nagase Y. Combined anterior thigh flaps and vascularized fibular graft for reconstruction of massive composite oromandibular defects. Br J Plast Surg 1998;51:350-355. (Pubitemid 28391128)
13. Kawai K, Imanishi N, Nakajima H, Aiso S, Kakibuchi M, Hosokawa K. Vascular anatomy of the anterolateral thigh flap. Plast Reconstr Surg 2004;114:1108-1117. (Pubitemid 40362030)
14. Chen HC, Tang YB. Anterolateral thigh flap: an ideal soft tissue flap. Clin Plast Surg 2003;30:383-401. (Pubitemid 36859399)
15. Hsieh CH, Yang CC, Kuo YR, Tsai HH, Jeng SF. Free anterolateral thigh adipofascial perforator flap. Plast Reconstr Surg 2003;112:976-982. (Pubitemid 38251789)
16. Demirkan F, Wei FC, Chen HC, Chen IH, Hau SP, Liau CT. Microsurgical reconstruction in recurrent oral cancer: use of a second free flap in the same patient. Plast Reconstr Surg 1999;103:829-838. (Pubitemid 29109069)
17. Koshima I, Urushibara K, Inagawa K, Moriguchi T. Free tensor fasciae latae perforator flap for the reconstruction of defects in the extremities. Plast Reconstr Surg 2001;107:1759-1765. (Pubitemid 32577785)
18. Schoeller T, Huemer GM, Shafighi M, Gurunluoglu R, Wechselberger G, Piza-Katzer H. Free anteromedial thigh flap: clinical application and review of literature. Microsurgery 2004;24:43-48. (Pubitemid 38174353)
19. Yu P, Youssef A. Efficacy of the handheld Doppler in preoperative identification of the cutaneous perforators in the anterolateral thigh flap. Plast Reconstr Surg 2006;118:928-933; discussion 934-935. (Pubitemid 44412926)
20. Tsukino A, Kurachi K, Inamiya T, Tanigaki T. Preoperative color Doppler assessment in planning of anterolateral thigh flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg 2004;113:241-246. (Pubitemid 39202035)
21. Ao M, Uno K, Maeta M, Nakagawa F, Saito R, Nagase Y. De-epithelialised anterior (anterolateral and anteromedial) thigh flaps for dead space filling and contour correction in head and neck reconstruction. Br J Plast Surg 1999;52:261-267. (Pubitemid 29286918)