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Applications of the lateral vastus muscle flap
1Department of Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery, Steglitz Medical Center, Free University of Berlin, Germany.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|August 1, 1992
Abstract:
The lateral vastus muscle flap has the potential to become one of the most appropriate free flaps for reconstructive surgery in the oral maxillofacial area in selected cases. The flap is relatively easy to harvest and gives rise to little donor site morbidity. The quality of the large diameter vessels allows for relatively easy microsurgical anastomosis. Nerve anastomosis is possible, which makes it extremely suitable for tongue reconstruction.