Free Anterolateral Thigh Flap for Reconstruction of Extensive Head and Neck Defects following Cancer Ablation
Authors:
M. Chovanec 1,2; M. Zábrodský 1; K. Vik 3; J. Plzák 1,2; Z. Fík 1,2; J. Klozar 1; J. Betka 1; L. Calabrese 4
Authors‘ workplace:
Istituto Europeao di Oncologia, Divisione di Chirurgia Cervico Facciale, Milan, Italia
; Klinika kardiochirurgie 2. LF UK a FN Motol, Praha
; Anatomický ústav 1. LF UK. Praha
; Klinika otorinolaryngologie a chirurgie hlavy a krku 1. LF UK a FN Motol, Praha
Katedra otolaryngologie IPVZ Praha
; přednosta prof. MUDr. J. Betka, DrSc.
1; přednosta prof. MUDr. K. Smetana, DrSc.
2; přednosta doc. MUDr. M. Šetina, CSc.
3; dirretore Fausto Giuseppe Chiesa, M. D.
4
Published in:
Otorinolaryngol Foniatr, 60, 2011, No. 4, pp. 198-203.
Category:
Original Article
Overview
The free anterolateral thigh flap is one of the fasciomyocutaneous flaps of the thigh based on the musculocutaneous or septocutaneous perforators derived from the lateral circumflex femoral system. It is not popularly used because of the variable anatomy. The application of the anterolateral thigh flap as a favorable choice for head and neck reconstruction had not been widely used until recent years. We describe harvesting technique of the flap, its vascular anatomy, and our surgical experience in the five consecutive patients with major head and neck postresectional defects.
Key words:
head and neck reconstruction, free flap, anterolateral thigh flap, microsurgery.
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