摘要股前外侧皮瓣（ALTF）是中国学者徐达传等首次报道。相关术式自创立初始，经过国内外学者们近40年的不断深入研究和探讨，目前该皮瓣以各种不同类型广泛应用于临床，可覆盖上至头顶、下至足底的所有创面，并以多种形式参与多个器官的修复与再造，成为真正"顶天立地"的"万能皮瓣"。本文主要阐述国内ALTF在应用解剖、穿支定位、临床应用和供区保护方面的研究节点及其进展。

abstractsAnterolateral thigh flap (ALTF) was first reported by XU Dachuan et al. of China in 1984. After almost four decades of in-depth researches by scholars at home and abroad, a broad variety of different types of the flaps are now widely in use, which had been successfully applied to close the wounds from calvaria to planta pedis. The ALTF provides opportunities to save lives and improves functions, and is applied in multiple organ reconstructions in various forms. The ALTF was therefore called "Top-to-bottom" and "Omnipotent flap". This article concludes the milestones and progresses in the research of ALTF in China, including applied anatomy, localisation of perforating branch, clinical applications and protection of donor sites.