title: Anterolateral thigh flap harvested from paralytic lower extremity in a patient with late polio sequel.
abstract: Free flap reconstruction is the treatment of choice after extensive head and neck tumour resection. When treating a patient with a previous disability, such as lower extremity paralysis secondary to poliomyelitis, it is important to offer the best reconstruction whilst preserving healthy extremities. We report the case of a 51-year-old man with a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the right tongue and a left lower extremity paralysis secondary to an acute poliomyelitis during childhood in which reconstruction was successfully achieved with a left anterolateral thigh (ALT) free flap.
authors.affiliation: Maxillo-Facial Surgery Department, Policlinico Umberto I-Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico, 155-00100 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Valentino
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Valentini
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Terenzi
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cassoni
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Battisti
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Della Monaca
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malavasi
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D058752:Free Tissue Flaps / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000150:complications*; D013848:Thigh / Q000601:surgery*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery