Reverse Anterolateral Thigh Flap to Revise a Below-knee Amputation Stump at the Mid-tibial Level
SUMMARY: The reconstruction of defects around the knee often poses a challenge due to the limited availability of local soft tissues. Indeed, this same problem is encountered when attempting to revise a below-knee amputation stump. Moreover, due to a paucity of recipient vessels in those who have un...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4174108/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25289282 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000030 |
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author | Sadigh, Parviz Lionel Wu, Cheng-Jung Shih, Hsiang-Shun Jeng, Seng-Feng |
author_facet | Sadigh, Parviz Lionel Wu, Cheng-Jung Shih, Hsiang-Shun Jeng, Seng-Feng |
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description | SUMMARY: The reconstruction of defects around the knee often poses a challenge due to the limited availability of local soft tissues. Indeed, this same problem is encountered when attempting to revise a below-knee amputation stump. Moreover, due to a paucity of recipient vessels in those who have undergone previous amputation secondary to trauma, free-flap reconstruction is often challenging and not always successful. We report a case of a reverse anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap used to revise a long below-knee amputation stump. Previous reports in the literature attest to the versatility of the reverse ALT to cover defects around the knee and proximal tibia, but to our knowledge, this is the first report of a reverse ALT reaching to the mid-tibial level. |
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spelling | pubmed-41741082014-10-06 Reverse Anterolateral Thigh Flap to Revise a Below-knee Amputation Stump at the Mid-tibial Level Sadigh, Parviz Lionel Wu, Cheng-Jung Shih, Hsiang-Shun Jeng, Seng-Feng Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Ideas and Innovations SUMMARY: The reconstruction of defects around the knee often poses a challenge due to the limited availability of local soft tissues. Indeed, this same problem is encountered when attempting to revise a below-knee amputation stump. Moreover, due to a paucity of recipient vessels in those who have undergone previous amputation secondary to trauma, free-flap reconstruction is often challenging and not always successful. We report a case of a reverse anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap used to revise a long below-knee amputation stump. Previous reports in the literature attest to the versatility of the reverse ALT to cover defects around the knee and proximal tibia, but to our knowledge, this is the first report of a reverse ALT reaching to the mid-tibial level. Wolters Kluwer Health 2014-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4174108/ /pubmed/25289282 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000030 Text en Copyright © 2013 The Authors. Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. PRS Global Open is a publication of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivitives 3.0 License, where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially. |
spellingShingle | Ideas and Innovations Sadigh, Parviz Lionel Wu, Cheng-Jung Shih, Hsiang-Shun Jeng, Seng-Feng Reverse Anterolateral Thigh Flap to Revise a Below-knee Amputation Stump at the Mid-tibial Level |
title | Reverse Anterolateral Thigh Flap to Revise a Below-knee Amputation Stump at the Mid-tibial Level |
title_full | Reverse Anterolateral Thigh Flap to Revise a Below-knee Amputation Stump at the Mid-tibial Level |
title_fullStr | Reverse Anterolateral Thigh Flap to Revise a Below-knee Amputation Stump at the Mid-tibial Level |
title_full_unstemmed | Reverse Anterolateral Thigh Flap to Revise a Below-knee Amputation Stump at the Mid-tibial Level |
title_short | Reverse Anterolateral Thigh Flap to Revise a Below-knee Amputation Stump at the Mid-tibial Level |
title_sort | reverse anterolateral thigh flap to revise a below-knee amputation stump at the mid-tibial level |
topic | Ideas and Innovations |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4174108/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25289282 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000030 |
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