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Evidence of the anterolateral thigh fascia lata (ALTFL) rescue flap technique\u2019s safety, effectiveness, and long-term outcomes is needed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Objective<\/jats:title>To determine the long-term outcomes of the ALTFL rescue flap procedure for treating patients with mandibular ORN.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design, Settings, and Participants<\/jats:title>This was a retrospective medical record review performed at a single tertiary-level academic health care institution with patients who were appropriate candidates for the ALTFL procedure to treat mandibular ORN from March 3, 2011, to December 31, 2022. Data analyses were performed from January 1 to March 26, 2023.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>Patient characteristics, preoperative radiographic Notani staging, intraoperative defect size, length of stay, complication rates, and clinical and radiographic findings of progression-free intervals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>The study population of 43 patients (mean [SD] age, 66.1 [47-80] years; 24 [55.8%] male individuals) included 52 cases of mandibular ORN. The preoperative Notani staging of the study population was known for 46 of the 52 total cases: 11 cases (23.9%) were stage I; 21 (45.7%), stage II; and 14 (30.4%), stage III. The mean defect area was 20.9 cm2<\/jats:sup>. Successful arrest of ORN disease progression was noted in the clinical and radiographic findings of 50 of the 52 (96.2%) cases, with only 2 (3.8%) cases subsequently requiring fibular free flap reconstruction. The major complication rate was 1.9% (1 case). Clinical and radiographic progression-free intervals were assessed, and no statistically significant differences were noted between Notani staging groups (log-rankP<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.43 andP<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.43, respectively); ie, patients with stage III disease had no significant difference in risk of clinical (HR, 0.866; 95% CI, 0.054-13.853) or radiographic (HR, 0.959; 95% CI, 0.059-15.474) progression vs those with stage I disease. Weibull profiling revealed 96.9%, 94.6%, and 93.1% successful mandibular ORN arrest at 1, 3, and 5 years, respectively. The major complication rate was 1.9%. Mean (SD) length of stay was 2.7 (0.0-7.0) days. 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