Free flap reconstruction of Achilles tendon and overlying skin defect using ALT and TFL fabricated chimeric flap

Junji Ando; Minoru Sakuraba; Atsushi Sugawara; Aya Goto; Shuchi Azuma; Nobuyuki Mitsuhashi; Kousuke Sasaki; Itaru Sone

doi:10.1080/23320885.2019.1635023

Free flap reconstruction of Achilles tendon and overlying skin defect using ALT and TFL fabricated chimeric flap

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2019 Jul 4;6(1):82-85. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2019.1635023. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Junji Ando¹, Minoru Sakuraba¹, Atsushi Sugawara², Aya Goto¹, Shuchi Azuma¹, Nobuyuki Mitsuhashi¹, Kousuke Sasaki¹, Itaru Sone¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Iwate Medical University Hospital, Morioka, Japan.
² Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Iwate Medical University Hospital, Morioka, Japan.

Abstract

A 33-year-old man developed a left Achilles tendon rupture and skin necrosis. We reconstructed the defect using an anterolateral thigh flap and a tensor fasciae lata muscle flap in a chimeric fashion. he was able to stand on a toe of the operated foot without help 6 months postoperatively.

Keywords: Achilles tendon; Chimeric free flap; anterolateral thigh flap; reconstruction; tensor fascia latae flap.

Publication types

Case Reports