Chinese Journal of Clinical Anatomy ›› 2024, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 523-528.doi: 10.13418/j.issn.1001-165x.2024.5.06

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Localization of perforating branch  and optimal design of anterolateral thigh flap

Wei Zairong1,2,3   

  1. 1. Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University; 2. The 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Tissue Damage Repair and Regeneration Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University; 3. The Collaborative Innovation Center of Tissue Damage Repair and Regeneration Medicine, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563099, Guizhou Province, China
  • Received:2024-08-07 Online:2024-09-25 Published:2024-10-21

Abstract: Anterolateral thigh flap (ALTF) was first reported by Chinese scholars, and after 40 years of in-depth research by domestic and foreign scholars, it has been continuously innovated, and is known as "universal flap". Up to now, there were nearly 20 perforator mapping methods to assist ALTF localization of perforating branch, and there were nearly 20 flap design and incision schemes. Based on the applied anatomy of ALTF, perforator mapping methods and optimal design, this paper summarized the selection of perforator mapping methods and various flap optimization design of ALTF engaged in by the author for more than 10 years in order to further improve its clinical application value.

Key words: Anterolateral thigh flap; ,  , 3-5 system; ,  ,  Computed tomographic angiography

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