In-Situ ‘Divide’ and ‘Deliver’: A Simple Technique to Preserve Nerves in Chimeric Anterolateral Thigh Flap Harvest

In-Situ ‘Divide’ and ‘Deliver’: A Simple Technique to Preserve Nerves in Chimeric Anterolateral Thigh Flap Harvest

Anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap is the workhorse for reconstruction in head and neck post cancer excision. Chimeric multi-paddle flaps are useful for composite defects involving skin, mucosa, and soft tissue. The nerve to vastus lateralis (VL) runs along the pedicle, frequently interdigitating with i...

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Main Authors: Dushyant Jaiswal, Hetanshu Parekh, Saumya Mathews, Amol Ghalme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2023-02-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
anterolateral thigh flap
technique of alt harvest
free flap reconstruction
donor site morbidity in alt
chimeric alt flap
multiple paddle alt
bipaddle alt harvest
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1760829

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