Reconstruction of a Knee Defect in a Morbidly Obese Patient with a Pedicled Reverse Anterolateral Thigh Flap

Overview

Journal BMJ Case Rep

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2022 Jul 20

PMID 35858737

Authors

Mari Irgens Bokset

Martin Soderman

Jorn Bo Thomsen

Jens Ahm Sorensen

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Abstract

The anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap is widely used in the reconstruction of a variety of soft tissue defects. Descriptions of patients with severe obesity in the literature are scarce. We report a case where a reverse pedicled fasciocutaneous ALT flap was successfully used for resurfacing of a knee defect measuring 12×6 cm in a patient with a body mass index (BMI) of 47.3. The flap was supercharged to the greater saphenous vein to optimise flap survival. Reconstruction of the soft tissue of the knee was achieved as planned. There were no flap or donor site complications.

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