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An anterolateral thigh chimeric flap for dynamic facial and esthetic reconstruction after oncological surgery in the maxillofacial region: a case report

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Title
An anterolateral thigh chimeric flap for dynamic facial and esthetic reconstruction after oncological surgery in the maxillofacial region: a case report
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Head & Face Medicine, April 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13005-018-0164-6
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Zoltán Lóderer, Tamás Vereb, Róbert Paczona, Ágnes Janovszky, József Piffkó

Abstract

The surgical management of malignant tumors in the head and neck region often leads to functional and esthetic defects that impair the quality of life of the patients. Reconstruction can be solved with prostheses in these cases, but various types of microsurgical free flaps can provide a better clinical outcome. In this case report, the tumor and parts of the involved facial muscles and nerve were excised surgically from a 42-year-old patient after a third relapse of basal cell carcinoma in the left midface. The tissue defect was reconstructed with an anterolateral thigh chimeric type I fascio-myocutaneous flap, where the facial palsy was restored with a segmental branch of the femoral nerve and the involved mouth corner elevator muscles for the segmented vastus lateralis muscle. The 6-month follow-up revealed a good esthetic outcome, the soft tissue defect reconstruction with good functional activity of the reconstructed facial nerve and with acceptable mimic movements. There has been no subsequent recurrence. It is concluded that the chimeric type I anterolateral fascio-myocutaneous free flap can offer a good option for the esthetic and functional reconstruction of an extensive tissue defect in the maxillofacial region.

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Unknown 32 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Postgraduate 5 16%
Other 4 13%
Unspecified 3 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Other 7 22%
Unknown 8 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 12 38%
Unspecified 3 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 6%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 3%
Other 2 6%
Unknown 10 31%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 July 2018.
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#13,591,489
of 23,041,514 outputs
Outputs from Head & Face Medicine
#85
of 334 outputs
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#170,365
of 329,169 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Head & Face Medicine
#2
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