case_images: PMC2938604_01
case_images: Left groin composite defect
case_images: IJPS-43-103-g001.jpg
case_images: PMC2938604_01_IJPS-43-103-g001.jpg
case_images: F0001
case_images: This defect of 15 x 22cms with exposed PTFE grafts and the mesh [Figure 1] posed a new reconstructive challenge due to non availability of ipsilateral pedicled flaps as a long length of the external iliac and femoral vessels including the profunda were resected.
case_images: Contralateral right anterolateral thigh fl ap marked
case_images: IJPS-43-103-g002.jpg
case_images: PMC2938604_01_IJPS-43-103-g002.jpg
case_images: F0002
case_images: The flap was tunnelled under the rectus femoris which provided unfolding of the 15 cms long pedicle for easier swing to the opposite groin [Figures 2-4].
case_images: ALT flap covering the defect after extended dissection and tunnelling under rectus femoris medialising the pedicle
case_images: IJPS-43-103-g003.jpg
case_images: PMC2938604_01_IJPS-43-103-g003.jpg
case_images: F0003
case_images: The flap was tunnelled under the rectus femoris which provided unfolding of the 15 cms long pedicle for easier swing to the opposite groin [Figures 2-4].
case_images: Healed ALT flap and the donor thigh at 3 weeks
case_images: IJPS-43-103-g004.jpg
case_images: PMC2938604_01_IJPS-43-103-g004.jpg
case_images: F0004
case_images: The flap was tunnelled under the rectus femoris which provided unfolding of the 15 cms long pedicle for easier swing to the opposite groin [Figures 2-4].