Free flap reconstruction is the treatment of choice after extensive head and neck tumour resection. When treating a patient with a previous disability, such as lower extremity paralysis secondary to poliomyelitis, it is important to offer the best reconstruction whilst preserving healthy extremities. We report the case of a 51-year-old man with a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the right tongue and a left lower extremity paralysis secondary to an acute poliomyelitis during childhood in which reconstruction was successfully achieved with a left anterolateral thigh (ALT) free flap. © 2011 European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery.
Anterolateral thigh flap harvested from paralytic lower extremity in a patient with late polio sequel / Valentini, Valentino; Terenzi, Valentina; Cassoni, Andrea; Battisti, Andrea; Della Monaca, Marco; Malavasi, Roberto. - In: JOURNAL OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. - ISSN 1010-5182. - STAMPA. - 40:1(2012), pp. e5-e7. [10.1016/j.jcms.2011.01.005]
Anterolateral thigh flap harvested from paralytic lower extremity in a patient with late polio sequel.
Valentino Valentini;Valentina Terenzi;Andrea Cassoni;Andrea Battisti;Marco Della Monaca;Roberto Malavasi
2012
Abstract
Free flap reconstruction is the treatment of choice after extensive head and neck tumour resection. When treating a patient with a previous disability, such as lower extremity paralysis secondary to poliomyelitis, it is important to offer the best reconstruction whilst preserving healthy extremities. We report the case of a 51-year-old man with a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the right tongue and a left lower extremity paralysis secondary to an acute poliomyelitis during childhood in which reconstruction was successfully achieved with a left anterolateral thigh (ALT) free flap. © 2011 European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
