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New Indian Journal of Surgery

Volume  12, Issue 2, April-June 2021, Pages 59-62
 

Case Report

In-Situ Anterolateral Thigh Flap for Lower Abdominal Reconstruction: Versatile Way for Recontruction

P R Venugopal

Professor, Department of Surgery, Travancore Medicity, Kollam, Kerala 691589, India.

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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/nijs.0976.4747.12221.10

Abstract

 

A case of Osteomyelitic sinuses of the ilium with lower abdominal defect following a run over accident is treated with primary excision of sinuses
with bone and reconstruction using pedicled anterolateral thigh flap. The Anterolateral thigh flap is a versatile pedicled flap1,2 for  the reconstruction of the abdominal wall more effective and efficient than
the fascia lata flap or other rotation flaps. Here is a case report  describing the procedure and outcome in a complicated case.
Keywords: Anterolateral thigh flap; Abdominal
defects; Osteomyelitis of the pelvic bones; Sinuses of
lower abdominal regions.
 


Corresponding Author : P R Venugopal, Professor, Department of Surgery, Travancore Medicity, Kollam, Kerala 691589, India.