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) |
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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