Consideration of a Thin Flap as an Entity and Clinical Applications of the Thin Anterolateral Thigh Flap

A defatted (thinned) anterolateral thigh flap was designed to reconstruct skin defects requiring thin flap coverage. We used this flap as a free flap for five cases of skin defects, and the outcomes of the reconstructions were all successful. The vascular pedicle of this flap, the cutaneous perforat... View More