Free and island skin flaps and myocutaneous flaps--report of 86 cases

From January 1979 to October 1986, 86 cases of soft tissue defect were repaired by skin and musculocutaneous flaps. Among them, 43 instances were free flaps and 43 instances were island flaps. Of these 86 flaps, 79 survived completely, 2 partially, and 5 failed. The sizes of the flaps ranged from 6 x 7 cm to 32 x 10 cm. In this paper, indication of operation and selection of the flaps were discussed.