Does leg dominance influence anterolateral thigh flap perforators?

Claudius IllgSabrina KraussKatarzyna RachunekSebastian HoffmannMarkus DenzingerJonas KolbenschlagAdrien DaigelerRuth Christine Schäfer

Published in: Microsurgery (2022)

Our study yielded no evidence for preference of the dominant or nondominant leg in ALT free flap harvesting. As we found high interindividual differences in perforator number, we suggest to rely on preoperative perforator imaging when choosing the ALT free flap donor thigh.

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soft tissue
breast reconstruction
high resolution
patients undergoing
mass spectrometry
fluorescence imaging
energy transfer