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Perforator flaps and supermicrosurgery.

Isao Koshima1, Takumi Yamamoto, Mitsunaga Narushima

  • 1Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. koushimai-pla@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Clinics in Plastic Surgery
|September 7, 2010
PubMed
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Supermicrosurgery enables new reconstructive techniques for fingertip replantations and defects using small vessels. Free perforator flaps offer successful, faster reconstructions for various defects with minimal scarring.

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  • Supermicrosurgery involves dissecting and anastomosing vessels 0.3–0.8mm in diameter.
  • This technique has expanded reconstructive possibilities for complex defects.

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