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SUBMITTER: Batdorf NJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4174101 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Batdorf Niles J NJ Lettieri Salvatore C SC Saint-Cyr Michel M
Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open 20131201 9
<h4>Summary</h4>Proximal, posterior thigh wounds from oncologic or traumatic defects can be difficult wounds to reconstruct if local flap options have been sacrificed during the trauma or oncologic resection. Free flap options to cover these defects are also difficult because of the lack of convenient recipient vessels in the region. The authors present 2 cases (oncologic and traumatic) wherein a myocutaneous anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap was harvested and tunneled from the anterior muscle comp ...[more]