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Principles of flap prefabrication
R K Khouri1, J Upton, W W Shaw
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Clinics in Plastic Surgery
|October 1, 1992
Abstract:
Clinical flap prefabrication can be classified according to the basic technique of plastic surgery used for the prefabrication. There are currently three methods: (1) delay or expansion; (2) grafting; and (3) vascular induction by staged transfer. Illustrative cases are given to point out the advantages and indications for each method. A fourth, still experimental, method is based on cell biology advances that are looming on the horizon and may have revolutionary future clinical applications.