Abstract
Patients with severe postburn scar contractures underwent reconstruction of skin defects after scar excision with pre-expanded super-thin skin perforator flaps supplied primarily by perforators via the “bridging effect” from the branches of the adjacent arteries as 2-stage procedures. Pre-expansion is an innovative technique and may improve the anastomoses between subdermal vascular plexuses and extend the supplying area of these vessels to the flap. Such a flap becomes super thin, but with a prefabricated blood supply it can be used for reconstruction of skin defects of the face, neck, or other body part with improved functional and cosmetic outcomes.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 31-40 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Clinics in Plastic Surgery |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2017 |
Keywords
- Crossing-area blood supply
- Perforator flaps
- Pre-expansion
- Pre-fabrication
- Skin flaps
- Super-thin flaps
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
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Wang, C., Yang, S., & Pu, L. L-Q. (2017). Pre-expanded Super-Thin Skin Perforator Flaps. Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 44(1), 31-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cps.2016.08.008