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Anterolateral thigh adipofascial flap for correction of facial contour deformities and micromastia. 2010

Qixu Zhang, and Qun Qiao, and Gang Zhou, and Geoffrey L Robb

Plastic Surgery Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. lukeqixu@yahoo.com

The anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap has gained popularity, yet the donor site remains problematic. With increased knowledge of the vascular anatomy, we anticipated that we would be able to contour the ALT adipofascial flap when reconstructing facial deformities and micromastia without sacrificing skin at the donor site. A total of 24 cases of hemifacial atrophy and 1 case of micromastia underwent anterolateral thigh adipofascial flap transplantation with vascular anastomosis. All surgical reconstructions resulted in satisfactory results with minimal donor-site morbidity. The anterolateral thigh adipofascial perforator flap is an ideal choice for autologous tissue reconstruction with primary defatting.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D004954	Esthetics	The branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of the beautiful. It includes beauty, esthetic experience, esthetic judgment, esthetic aspects of medicine, etc.	Aesthetics
D005145	Face	The anterior portion of the head that includes the skin, muscles, and structures of the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and jaw.	Faces
D005150	Facial Hemiatrophy	A syndrome characterized by slowly progressive unilateral atrophy of facial subcutaneous fat, muscle tissue, skin, cartilage, and bone. The condition typically progresses over a period of 2-10 years and then stabilizes.	Hemifacial Atrophy,Romberg Disease,Facial Hemiatrophy of Romberg,Hemifacial Atrophy, Progressive,Parry-Romberg Disease,Parry-Romberg Syndrome,Progressive Facial Hemiatrophy,Progressive Hemifacial Atrophy,Romberg Hemi-Facial Atrophy,Romberg's Disease,Atrophies, Hemifacial,Atrophies, Progressive Hemifacial,Atrophy, Hemifacial,Atrophy, Progressive Hemifacial,Atrophy, Romberg Hemi-Facial,Disease, Parry-Romberg,Disease, Romberg,Disease, Romberg's,Facial Hemiatrophies,Facial Hemiatrophies, Progressive,Facial Hemiatrophy, Progressive,Hemi-Facial Atrophy, Romberg,Hemiatrophies, Facial,Hemiatrophies, Progressive Facial,Hemiatrophy, Facial,Hemiatrophy, Progressive Facial,Hemifacial Atrophies,Parry Romberg Disease,Parry Romberg Syndrome,Progressive Facial Hemiatrophies,Progressive Hemifacial Atrophies,Romberg Facial Hemiatrophy,Romberg Hemi Facial Atrophy,Rombergs Disease,Syndrome, Parry-Romberg
D005205	Fascia	Layers of connective tissue of variable thickness. The superficial fascia is found immediately below the skin; the deep fascia invests MUSCLES, nerves, and other organs.
D005260	Female		Females
D006084	Graft Rejection	An immune response with both cellular and humoral components, directed against an allogeneic transplant, whose tissue antigens are not compatible with those of the recipient.	Transplant Rejection,Rejection, Transplant,Transplantation Rejection,Graft Rejections,Rejection, Graft,Rejection, Transplantation,Rejections, Graft,Rejections, Transplant,Rejections, Transplantation,Transplant Rejections,Transplantation Rejections
D006085	Graft Survival	The survival of a graft in a host, the factors responsible for the survival and the changes occurring within the graft during growth in the host.	Graft Survivals,Survival, Graft,Survivals, Graft
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000273	Adipose Tissue	Specialized connective tissue composed of fat cells (ADIPOCYTES). It is the site of stored FATS, usually in the form of TRIGLYCERIDES. In mammals, there are two types of adipose tissue, the WHITE FAT and the BROWN FAT. Their relative distributions vary in different species with most adipose tissue being white.	Fatty Tissue,Body Fat,Fat Pad,Fat Pads,Pad, Fat,Pads, Fat,Tissue, Adipose,Tissue, Fatty