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Title: Chimerical anterolateral thigh flap for plantar reconstruction
Authors: OLIVAN, Marcelo V.BUSNARDO, Fabio F.FARIA, Jose C.COLTRO, Pedro S.GRILLO, Victor A.GEMPERLI, Rolf
Citation: MICROSURGERY, v.35, n.7, p.546-552, 2015
Abstract: ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the results of reconstruction and rehabilitation of patients with plantar defects by using a chimerical flap of muscle and skin from anterolateral thigh. MethodsTwenty-five patients with plantar defects were reconstructed with a chimerical anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap, composed by a vastus lateralis muscle segment and a thinned skin island. Neurorrhaphy between lateral femoral cutaneous nerve and calcaneal nerve was performed in 7 patients. Evaluation of flap contour and stability and patient ambulation was performed 6 and 12 months after surgery. Evaluation of cutaneous sensiblity of ALT flap and contralateral thigh was performed 12 months after surgery using Pressure Specified Sensory Device (PSSD). ResultsFlap viability was complete in 23 patients and 2 patients had complications with partial flap loss of its cutaneous component. Six months postoperatively, flap contour, and stability was considered good in 19 and 21 patients respectively, and all 25 patients presented good ambulation. Twelve months postoperatively, all 25 patients presented good flap contour and stability, as well as good ambulation. All 7 flaps undergoing to reinnervation partially recovered cutaneous sensibility in comparison to donor site (contralateral thigh). Cutaneous tactile thresholds (g/mm(2)) of static one-point test and moving one-point test from the ALT flap and the contralateral thigh presented statistically significant differences, for both comparisons (P=0.009, P=0.002). ConclusionThis flap is suitable for reconstruction of plantar defects, with good flap contour and stability, proper patient ambulation and low complication rates. (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microsurgery 35:546-552, 2015.
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