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Hair transplantation on a free microvascular latissimus dorsi flap: case report
Zoran Veir1, Hrvoje Kisić, Davor Mijatović
1From the *Departments of Plastic Surgery and †Surgery, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb; and ‡Department of Surgery, General Hospital Karlovac, Karlovac, Croatia.
Abstract:
Large scalp defects can present as a challenging clinical problem for a reconstructive surgeon. We present a patient with a large scalp defect following an infection after neurosurgical treatment. Reconstruction of a defect was performed using a free latissimus dorsi flap with split-thickness skin graft. For achieving good aesthetic result, we transplanted 1000 minigrafts in 3 sessions on the latissimus dorsi flap. In our opinion, hair transplantation on a free microvascular flap is a viable and easy procedure with good aesthetic outcome for treating residual alopecia after reconstructing large scalp defects.
