Research Article
Short- and Long-Term Complications of Free Anterolateral Thigh Flap Reconstructions: A Single-Centre Experience of 92 Consecutive Cases
Table 1
Aetiologies of soft tissue defects requiring ALT flap reconstruction.
| | Anatomical location of defect | Defect aetiology | Male patients | Female patients | Total |
| | Face | Sarcoma | | 1 | 1 | | Parotid tumour (mucoepidermoid) | 1 | | 1 | | BCC | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | Scalp | SCC | 1 | | 1 | | Open wound | | 1 | 1 |
| | Arm | Sarcoma | 5 | 3 | 8 | | Neuroma | | 1 | 1 | | Defect/scar | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | Knee | Pigmented villous synovitis | 1 | | 1 | | Chronic sinus | | 1 | 1 | | Scar | 1 | | 1 | | TKR exposed | | 1 | 1 | | Defects | | 1 | 1 | | Sarcoma | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| | Leg | Sarcoma | 5 | 13 | 18 | | Soft tissue defect | 3 | | 3 | | Chronic wound/ulcer | 1 | 2 | 3 | | Nerve sheath tumour | 1 | | 1 | | Chronic osteomyelitis | 2 | | 2 |
| | Achilles tendon | Achilles tendon defect | 4 | 1 | 5 | | Scar | 3 | | 3 | | Tissue defect | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| | Foot/Ankle | Chronic wound | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Sarcoma | 2 | 3 | 5 | | Defect (e.g., trauma and fracture) | 5 | 3 | 8 | | Abdomen | Incisional hernia | 1 | | 1 |
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