Yoon Jae Lee, Junnyeon Kim, Chae Rim Lee, Jun Hyeok Kim, Deuk Young Oh, Young Joon Jun, Suk-Ho Moon
The anterolateral thigh (ALT) skin flap provides abundant, thin, pliable skin coverage with adequate pedicle length and calibre, and tolerable donor site morbidity. However, coverage of relatively large defects using the ALT flap alone is limited. We present our experience of using the ALT flap coupled with the vastus lateralis (VL) flap supplied by the same pedicle for large defect reconstruction. Between 2016 and 2020, ten patients with extensive lower-extremity or trunk defects were treated using the ALT/VL chimeric flap...
October 24, 2023: Journal of Clinical Medicine