Preoperative planning for free-tissue transfer
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Anthony A Smith1, Scott F M Duncan
1Section of Hand Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona 85054, USA. anthony@mayo.edu
Microsurgery
|July 19, 2005
Abstract:
Preoperative planning is of paramount importance in the surgical teaching of free-tissue transfer. Preoperative planning begins with the initial patient evaluation and continues to the point of successful free-tissue transfer. A detailed preoperative plan allows even the neophyte microsurgeon to anticipate operative difficulties before they occur, and to have contingency plans for nearly all intraoperative scenarios.

