A pedicled anterolateral thigh flap for abdominal reconstruction after previous degloving injury of the donor site: revascularisation of the donor site.
A pedicled anterolateral thigh flap was used to reconstruct an abdominal defect after traumatic degloving of the entire skin of the right upper leg two-and-a-half years earlier. There are few reports about revascularisation of skin flaps after previous interruption of the blood supply. As far as I know this is the first report of a revascularised (anterolateral thigh) perforator flap.
Hofer
Stefan O P
SO
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. sophofer@hotmail.com
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000628:therapy; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D013848:Thigh / Q000293:injuries*