TY - JOUR
AR - SCR-2020-10-105
TI - Coverage of Severely Burn Injured Knee with Supercharged Reverse ALT Flap: Avoiding Limb Amputation
AU - Aranzazu , Andrés-Collado
AU - Alejandra , Monte-Soldado
AU - Oriol , Cases-Perera
AU - Bernat Miquel , López-Masramón
AU - Jorge , Aguilera-Sáez
AU - Danilo Antonio , Rivas-Nicolls
AU - Jordi , Serracanta-Doménech
JO - Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2020
DA - Mon 12, Oct 2020
SN - 2613-5965
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.SCR.2020.10.05
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/coverage-of-severely-burn-injured-knee-with-supercharged-reverse_SCR-2020-10-105 
KW - Burn, Knee, ALT, Reverse-flow, Supercharged, Lower limb reconstruction
AB - Primary skin and soft tissue reconstruction of large defects around the knee may be a challenge for the
plastic surgeon. Fasciocutaneous flaps play an essential role in achieving functional and aesthetic
restoration. We present the surgical reconstruction of an extensive 3rd degree burn injury with knee joint
capsule and ligaments involvement in a 51-year-old patient. Devitalized structures were firstly debrided and
a supercharged reverse anterolateral thigh (RALT) flap was used to cover the resultant tissue defect. The
ALT fascia was employed to reconstruct the damaged joint capsule in order to restore articular function.
The supercharged RALT flap has a greater blood supply compared with standard flaps and enables us to
use larger flaps to reconstruct extensive knee and proximal leg tissue defects.