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Tensor fasciae latae perforator flap
Naohiro Kimura1, Kaneshige Satoh, Yoshiaki Hosaka
1Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chiba Emergency Medical Center, 3-32-1, Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Japan. k-now@mc.neweb.ne.jp
Clinics in Plastic Surgery
|August 15, 2003
Abstract:
The tensor fasciae latae perforator flap and a new technique, named microdissection, for one-stage accurate formation of a thin flap were presented. Microdissection enables the perforator in the adipose tissue to be used as a lengthened pedicle, and the flap can be transferred without adding and reducing excess fat tissue to the recipient and donor sites. This microdissected thin tensor fasciae latae perforator flap can be used conveniently in many aspects of reconstructive surgery, especially in cases of severe bum scar contracture of the extremities.