Extended anterolateral thigh pedicled flap for reconstruction of trochanteric and gluteal defects: A new & innovative approach for reconstruction
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Anant Dattaray Dhanwate; G.I. Nambi; Szeryn Chung; Abhijeet Ashok Salunke; K.S. Raj Kumar; Vikram Chaudhari
- Source
- Chinese Journal of Traumatology
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Soft Tissue Injuries
Lateral circumflex femoral artery
Case Report
Femoral artery
030230 surgery
Thigh
Risk Assessment
Surgical Flaps
Anterolateral thigh flap
03 medical and health sciences
Gluteal defect
0302 clinical medicine
Injury Severity Score
medicine.artery
medicine
Humans
Femur
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Wound Healing
business.industry
Graft Survival
Accidents, Traffic
Soft tissue
Anatomy
Pedicled Flap
Middle Aged
Plastic Surgery Procedures
medicine.disease
Myocutaneous Flap
Surgery
Femoral Artery
medicine.anatomical_structure
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Soft tissue injury
Trochanteric defect
Buttocks
lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins)
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1008-1275
Descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery (LCFA) is commonly used pedicle for ante- rolateral thigh (ALT) flap. Oblique branch of LCFA is an alternative pedicle that can be used in micro- vascular surgery. According to review of literature and to the best of our knowledge we could not find the use of oblique branch of LCFA as a pedicle of the ALT flap in regional soft tissue reconstruction. Here we presented a case of a 55-year-old man sustaining soft tissue injury and wound over the left trochanteric and gluteal region following a road traffic accident, who was treated by the use of extended ALT pedicle flap with oblique branch of LCFA as the pedicle for reconstruction of soft tissue defect in trochanteric and gluteal regions with successful outcome.