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Primary anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap donor‐site closure is crucial to achieve patient satisfaction, avoid burdensome secondary surgeries, and avert poor outcomes. Only vague maximum flap width recommendations have been suggested,… Click to show full abstract
Primary anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap donor‐site closure is crucial to achieve patient satisfaction, avoid burdensome secondary surgeries, and avert poor outcomes. Only vague maximum flap width recommendations have been suggested, which fall short of acknowledging individual patient habitus and thigh morphology. Therefore, we aimed at identifying a user‐friendly preoperative calculation of maximum flap width for primary closure.
Keywords:
anterolateral thigh;
maximum flap;
flap width;
closure;
donor site;
primary anterolateral
Journal Title: Microsurgery
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Microsurgery
Year Published: 2022
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