Combined use of ipsilateral latissimus dorsi flap and anterolateral thigh flap to reconstruct extensive trunk defects. 2021

Shimpei Miyamoto, and Daisuke Kageyama, and Masaki Arikawa, and Yu Kagaya, and Yutaka Fukunaga
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

Reconstruction of a full-thickness trunk defect is challenging because of the complex nature of such defects, which include the chest wall, abdominal wall, and diaphragm. We herein describe three patients in whom extensive trunk defects after sarcoma resection were reconstructed with a latissimus dorsi flap and an anterolateral thigh flap. In two patients, the defect included both the chest wall and the abdominal wall. The other patient had an extensive full-thickness chest wall defect. The size of the anterolateral thigh flap for each patient was 34 × 10 cm, 26 × 15 cm, and 23 × 5 cm, respectively. Although one patient required take-back for additional venous drainage, all wounds healed with no other complications. No respiratory dysfunction or abdominal wall hernia occurred in any patients. The combined use of a latissimus dorsi flap and an anterolateral thigh flap may provide reliable coverage of an extensive trunk defect and robust support of the chest and abdominal walls. Additionally, the availability of a two-team approach without a positional change makes this combination a versatile reconstructive option.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013524 Surgical Flaps Tongues of skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle, cut away from the underlying parts but often still attached at one end. They retain their own microvasculature which is also transferred to the new site. They are often used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region. Island Flap,Island Flaps,Flap, Surgical,Flaps, Surgical,Pedicled Flap,Surgical Flap,Flap, Island,Flap, Pedicled,Flaps, Island,Flaps, Pedicled,Pedicled Flaps
D013848 Thigh The superior part of the lower extremity between the HIP and the KNEE. Thighs
D016462 Mammaplasty Surgical reconstruction of the breast including both augmentation and reduction. Breast Reconstruction,Mammoplasty,Breast Reconstructions,Mammaplasties,Mammoplasties,Reconstruction, Breast,Reconstructions, Breast
D019651 Plastic Surgery Procedures Procedures used to reconstruct, restore, or improve defective, damaged, or missing structures. Cosmetic Reconstructive Surgical Procedures,Cosmetic Surgical Procedures,Esthetic Reconstructive Surgical Procedures,Esthetic Surgical Procedures,Plastic Surgical Procedures,Reconstructive Surgical Procedures,Reconstructive Surgical Procedures, Cosmetic,Cosmetic Reconstructive Surgery,Procedure, Reconstructive Surgical,Procedures, Reconstructive Surgical,Reconstructive Surgical Procedure,Reconstructive Surgical Procedures, Esthetic,Surgical Procedure, Reconstructive,Surgical Procedures, Reconstructive,Cosmetic Reconstructive Surgeries,Cosmetic Surgical Procedure,Esthetic Surgical Procedure,Plastic Surgery Procedure,Plastic Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Cosmetic Surgical,Procedure, Esthetic Surgical,Procedure, Plastic Surgery,Procedure, Plastic Surgical,Procedures, Cosmetic Surgical,Procedures, Esthetic Surgical,Procedures, Plastic Surgery,Procedures, Plastic Surgical,Reconstructive Surgeries, Cosmetic,Reconstructive Surgery, Cosmetic,Surgeries, Cosmetic Reconstructive,Surgery Procedure, Plastic,Surgery Procedures, Plastic,Surgery, Cosmetic Reconstructive,Surgical Procedure, Cosmetic,Surgical Procedure, Esthetic,Surgical Procedure, Plastic,Surgical Procedures, Cosmetic,Surgical Procedures, Esthetic,Surgical Procedures, Plastic
D034861 Abdominal Wall The outer margins of the ABDOMEN, extending from the osteocartilaginous thoracic cage to the PELVIS. Though its major part is muscular, the abdominal wall consists of at least seven layers: the SKIN, subcutaneous fat, deep FASCIA; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES, transversalis fascia, extraperitoneal fat, and the parietal PERITONEUM. Wall, Abdominal
D064171 Superficial Back Muscles The top layer of the back muscles whose function is to move the SCAPULA. This group of muscles consists of the trapezius, latissimus dorsi, rhomboid major, rhomboid minor and levator scapulae. Latissimus Dorsi,Levator Scapulae,Rhomboid Major,Rhomboid Minor,Trapezius,Trapezius Muscle,Back Muscle, Superficial,Back Muscles, Superficial,Dorsi, Latissimus,Dorsus, Latissimus,Latissimus Dorsus,Muscle, Superficial Back,Muscle, Trapezius,Muscles, Superficial Back,Muscles, Trapezius,Rhomboid Majors,Rhomboid Minors,Scapulae, Levator,Superficial Back Muscle,Trapezius Muscles

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