Anterolateral thigh flap as the ideal flap to full-thickness cheek reconstruction.
Reconstruction of the cheek presents a number of challenges when seeking to recreate form and function. The use of the anterolateral thigh flap in various and novel configurations is argued as being the ideal reconstruction, illustrated by case reports.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Florence; Florence, Italy. tommasoagostini@ymail.com
Tommaso
T
Agostini
Davide
D
Lazzeri
Vittorugo
V
Agostini
Kayvan
K
Shokrollahi
D000368:Aged; D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery*; D018223:Dermatofibrosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005205:Fascia / Q000637:transplantation*; D058752:Free Tissue Flaps; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000601:surgery; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013848:Thigh; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods