Flap Surgeon

Twelve patients, one workhorse flap. Read each chart, choose the reconstruction, find the perforators, raise the anterolateral thigh flap and keep it alive through the night.

An educational simplification of anterolateral thigh flap surgery for students — not clinical guidance. 3D anatomy: Z-Anatomy, based on BodyParts3D © DBCLS (CC BY-SA 4.0). Operating-theatre lighting: Poly Haven (CC0). Atlas plates: Gray’s Anatomy (1918, public domain). Textures: ambientCG (CC0). Full list in assets/anatomy/CREDITS.md.

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    Right thigh, front view

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    Drag to rotate, scroll to zoom, point at any structure to name it. The descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery (bright red) runs in the groove between rectus femoris and vastus lateralis. Models: Z-Anatomy (based on BodyParts3D, © DBCLS), CC BY-SA 4.0. Lighting: Poly Haven “Surgery” HDRI (CC0).