Abstract
Although clinical application of a pre-expanded perforator flap is primarily focused on face and neck reconstructions, such a flap has also been used to reconstruct defects in the trunk, extremities, or hands. With better understanding of the improved blood supply to the flap and the mechanism on the prefabrication of blood supply within the flap, the pre-expanded perforator flap will definitely play a more important role in reconstructive surgery and can be used in selected patients by many plastic surgeons worldwide with good reconstructive and cosmetic outcomes.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 179-183 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Clinics in Plastic Surgery |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2017 |
Keywords
- Future perspectives
- Perforator flaps
- Pre-expanded perforator flaps
- Pre-expansion
- Prefabrication
- Skin flaps
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
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Pu, L. L-Q., & Wang, C. (2017). Future Perspectives of Pre-expanded Perforator Flaps. Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 44(1), 179-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cps.2016.08.009