{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1983874875","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0b013e31826d1662","title":"Vascular Anatomy of the Anterolateral Thigh Flap","display_name":"Vascular Anatomy of the Anterolateral Thigh Flap","publication_year":2012,"publication_date":"2012-11-29","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1983874875","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0b013e31826d1662","mag":"1983874875","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23190809"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1097/prs.0b013e31826d1662","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0b013e31826d1662","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0b013e31826d1662","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S100736837","display_name":"Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery","issn_l":"0032-1052","issn":["0032-1052","1076-5751","1529-4242"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-a","doyens","jufo-2","ki-jl-2","medline","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315671","host_organization_name":"Lippincott Williams & Wilkins","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315671","https://openalex.org/P4310318547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Lippincott Williams & Wilkins","Wolters Kluwer"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"review","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5017905682","display_name":"Chrisovalantis Lakhiani","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I867280407","display_name":"The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center","ror":"https://ror.org/05byvp690","country_code":"US","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I867280407"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chrisovalantis Lakhiani","raw_affiliation_strings":["Dallas, Texas From the Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dallas, Texas From the Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I867280407"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Michael R. Lee","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I867280407","display_name":"The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center","ror":"https://ror.org/05byvp690","country_code":"US","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I867280407"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Michael R. Lee","raw_affiliation_strings":["Dallas, Texas","the Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center","Plastic Surgery"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dallas, Texas","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"the Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I867280407"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Plastic Surgery","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5017031016","display_name":"Michel Saint\u2010Cyr","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1330342723","display_name":"Mayo Clinic","ror":"https://ror.org/02qp3tb03","country_code":"US","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1330342723"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I867280407","display_name":"The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center","ror":"https://ror.org/05byvp690","country_code":"US","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I867280407"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Michel Saint-Cyr","raw_affiliation_strings":["Dallas, Texas","the Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center","Mayo Clinic Rochester MN","University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dallas, Texas","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"the Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I867280407"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Mayo Clinic Rochester MN","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1330342723"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I867280407"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.213,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":176,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.72386326,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":93,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"130","issue":"6","first_page":"1254","last_page":"1268"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10599","display_name":"Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10599","display_name":"Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11554","display_name":"Vascular Procedures and Complications","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2740","display_name":"Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12173","display_name":"Body Contouring and Surgery","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/anterolateral-thigh-flap","display_name":"anterolateral thigh flap","score":0.9990000128746033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vascular-anatomy","display_name":"vascular anatomy","score":0.8999999761581421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/lateral-circumflex-femoral-artery","display_name":"lateral circumflex femoral artery","score":0.890999972820282},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/deep-femoral-artery","display_name":"deep femoral artery","score":0.777999997138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/common-femoral-artery","display_name":"common femoral artery","score":0.8949999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perforator-anatomy","display_name":"perforator anatomy","score":0.6800000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/septocutaneous-perforators","display_name":"septocutaneous perforators","score":0.9459999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vascular-variation","display_name":"vascular anatomical variation","score":0.49799999594688416},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pedicle-flap","display_name":"flap pedicle","score":0.4729999899864197}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.8299416303634644},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779018429","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129757","display_name":"Thigh","level":2,"score":0.7062216997146606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105702510","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514","display_name":"Anatomy","level":1,"score":0.6843958497047424},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C197321550","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11175","display_name":"Circumflex","level":3,"score":0.5787799954414368},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2910975744","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707477","display_name":"Deep Femoral Artery","level":3,"score":0.5680559277534485},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779723990","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707174","display_name":"Femoral artery","level":2,"score":0.5237560272216797},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141071460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40821","display_name":"Surgery","level":1,"score":0.3351546823978424},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776820930","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9655","display_name":"Artery","level":2,"score":0.3143974542617798}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D005263","descriptor_name":"Femoral Artery","qualifier_ui":"Q000033","qualifier_name":"anatomy & histology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013848","descriptor_name":"Thigh","qualifier_ui":"Q000098","qualifier_name":"blood supply","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D058752","descriptor_name":"Free Tissue Flaps","qualifier_ui":"Q000098","qualifier_name":"blood supply","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D061525","descriptor_name":"Perforator Flap","qualifier_ui":"Q000098","qualifier_name":"blood supply","is_major_topic":true}],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1097/prs.0b013e31826d1662","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0b013e31826d1662","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0b013e31826d1662","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S100736837","display_name":"Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery","issn_l":"0032-1052","issn":["0032-1052","1076-5751","1529-4242"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-a","doyens","jufo-2","ki-jl-2","medline","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315671","host_organization_name":"Lippincott Williams & Wilkins","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315671","https://openalex.org/P4310318547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Lippincott Williams & Wilkins","Wolters Kluwer"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:23190809","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23190809","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Plastic and reconstructive surgery","raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Good health and well-being","score":0.9074000120162964,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3"}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Systematic Review","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/systematic-review"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":46,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W104029163","https://openalex.org/W1543501396","https://openalex.org/W1965076178","https://openalex.org/W1970247568","https://openalex.org/W1970689259","https://openalex.org/W1979779991","https://openalex.org/W1991208879","https://openalex.org/W1991274190","https://openalex.org/W1992514769","https://openalex.org/W1993967029","https://openalex.org/W1993985597","https://openalex.org/W1996477352","https://openalex.org/W1997358749","https://openalex.org/W2003288565","https://openalex.org/W2005531123","https://openalex.org/W2014840236","https://openalex.org/W2021971909","https://openalex.org/W2023214855","https://openalex.org/W2029897310","https://openalex.org/W2031272279","https://openalex.org/W2033377894","https://openalex.org/W2042483048","https://openalex.org/W2052382953","https://openalex.org/W2054417740","https://openalex.org/W2056692157","https://openalex.org/W2058568339","https://openalex.org/W2066651165","https://openalex.org/W2070142589","https://openalex.org/W2071360018","https://openalex.org/W2077789446","https://openalex.org/W2080335276","https://openalex.org/W2080456546","https://openalex.org/W2086065257","https://openalex.org/W2099350971","https://openalex.org/W2099715330","https://openalex.org/W2107824205","https://openalex.org/W2111849860","https://openalex.org/W2126145524","https://openalex.org/W2131489348","https://openalex.org/W2136783086","https://openalex.org/W2149100209","https://openalex.org/W2160630940","https://openalex.org/W2165273123","https://openalex.org/W2318637413","https://openalex.org/W2325820720","https://openalex.org/W6648644299"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2021971909","https://openalex.org/W1974139476","https://openalex.org/W1479913994","https://openalex.org/W2804189745","https://openalex.org/W1993967029","https://openalex.org/W2386120389","https://openalex.org/W4233595478","https://openalex.org/W2086598101","https://openalex.org/W2071360018","https://openalex.org/W1970689259"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"BACKGROUND:":[0],"The":[1,30,75,176,189],"most":[2,120],"untoward":[3],"aspect":[4],"of":[5,12,36,40,64,78,106,157,170,178,186,201,215,232,242],"the":[6,10,13,37,41,58,79,90,107,116,123,183,187,220,230,239,249],"anterolateral":[7,42,59,117,221],"thigh":[8,60,118,222],"is":[9],"complexity":[11],"local":[14],"vasculature.":[15],"Failure":[16],"to":[17,23,87,94,102,115,126,131,136,142,154,198,251],"understand":[18],"its":[19],"variability":[20],"can":[21],"lead":[22],"vascular":[24,38,202,217],"flap":[25,223],"embarrassment":[26],"and":[27,55,66,244],"tissue":[28],"loss.":[29],"authors":[31],"present":[32,149],"a":[33],"comprehensive":[34],"summary":[35],"anatomy":[39,218,246],"thigh.":[43,188],"METHODS:":[44],"A":[45],"MEDLINE":[46],"search":[47],"was":[48,84,119,194],"performed":[49],"for":[50,219],"articles":[51],"published":[52],"between":[53],"1948":[54],"2012":[56],"on":[57],"flap.":[61],"Two":[62],"levels":[63],"screening":[65],"manual":[67],"reference":[68],"check":[69],"identified":[70],"44":[71],"relevant":[72],"studies.":[73,211],"RESULTS:":[74],"descending":[76,124],"branch":[77],"lateral":[80,108],"circumflex":[81,109],"femoral":[82,92,99,110],"artery":[83,100],"variably":[85],"found":[86,166,181],"originate":[88],"from":[89,122],"deep":[91],"(6.25":[93],"13":[95],"percent)":[96,144,156],"or":[97,139,204],"common":[98],"(1":[101],"6":[103],"percent),":[104,128,133,138],"instead":[105],"artery.":[111],"Dominant":[112],"perforator":[113,193],"supply":[114],"commonly":[121],"(57":[125],"100":[127],"transverse":[129],"(4":[130],"35":[132],"oblique":[134],"(14":[135],"43":[137],"ascending":[140],"(2.6":[141],"14.5":[143],"branch.":[145],"Septocutaneous":[146],"perforators":[147,164,179],"were":[148,165,180],"in":[150,167,182,196,209,248],"19.8":[151],"percent":[152,169,200],"(0":[153],"61.5":[155],"cases":[158,171],"overall":[159,172],"(n":[160,173],"=":[161,174],"2486).":[162],"No":[163],"1.8":[168],"2895).":[175],"majority":[177],"central":[184],"third":[185],"previously":[190],"undescribed":[191],"musculoseptocutaneous":[192],"observed":[195],"21":[197],"52.3":[199],"mapping":[203],"anatomic":[205],"studies,":[206],"but":[207],"not":[208],"clinical":[210],"CONCLUSIONS:":[212],"As":[213],"knowledge":[214],"pertinent":[216],"has":[224,227],"increased,":[225],"so":[226],"insight":[228],"into":[229],"amount":[231],"existing":[233],"variation.":[234],"This":[235],"systematic":[236],"review":[237],"summarizes":[238],"wide":[240],"spectrum":[241],"normal":[243],"variant":[245],"described":[247],"literature":[250],"date.":[252],"CLINICAL":[253],"QUESTION/LEVEL":[254],"OF":[255],"EVIDENCE:":[256],"Therapeutic,":[257],"IV.":[258]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":20},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":20},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}