Customized prefabricated neovascularized free flaps |
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| Authors: | Y Hirase F A Valauri H J Buncke L Y Newlin |
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| Institution: | Microsurgical Replantation Transplantation Department, Davies Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94114. |
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| Abstract: | Neovascularization of tissues into which a vascular pedicle has been implanted can result in the creation of a flap, or free flap, which is supported by those vessels as a neopedicle. This phenomenon allows the construction of customized prefabricated free flaps from tissue without restriction to naturally occurring vascular territories. |
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