TY - JOUR
T1 - Microvascular augmentation of the super-thin occipito-cervico-dorsal flap
AU - Hyakusoku, Hiko
AU - Pennington, David G.
AU - Gao, Jian Hua
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - The super-thin flap technique was first devised in China. Flaps thinned by this technique are especially useful in the neck, face or hands of patients with extensive burn scarring, where the combination of thinness and suppleness is needed. However, some of these radically thinned flaps may suffer from superficial or full thickness necrosis due to the unpredictability of survival of the super-thinned area. In this paper, we present a technique of microvascular augmentation of the blood supply of the thinned flap, an example of so-called "supercharging".
AB - The super-thin flap technique was first devised in China. Flaps thinned by this technique are especially useful in the neck, face or hands of patients with extensive burn scarring, where the combination of thinness and suppleness is needed. However, some of these radically thinned flaps may suffer from superficial or full thickness necrosis due to the unpredictability of survival of the super-thinned area. In this paper, we present a technique of microvascular augmentation of the blood supply of the thinned flap, an example of so-called "supercharging".
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U2 - 10.1016/0007-1226(94)90028-0
DO - 10.1016/0007-1226(94)90028-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 7952817
AN - SCOPUS:0028060505
SN - 0007-1226
VL - 47
SP - 465
EP - 469
JO - British Journal of Plastic Surgery
JF - British Journal of Plastic Surgery
IS - 7
ER -