10.1055/b-0036-135551 5 Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering Deborah Watson and Jeffrey B. Watson Introduction Craniofacial reconstruction represents an important sector of facial plastic surgery and accounts for a significant portion of…
10.1055/b-0036-135547 1 Structure and Function of the Skin Laurel A. Leithauser, Ryan M. Collar, and Adam Ingraffea Introduction The skin is a complex organ and serves many important functions. It…
10.1055/b-0036-141883 11 Venous Salvage Procedures in the Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap for Breast Reconstruction Thomas Constantinescu and Ming-Huei Cheng The deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap is presently the…
10.1055/b-0036-141884 12 Imaging for Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction Julie V. Vasile Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is an extremely useful preoperative imaging test for evaluation of the vasculature of donor tissue…
10.1055/b-0036-141873 1 The History of the Use of Perforator Flaps for Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction Sarah E. Appleton and Steven F. Morris The quest to perfect postmastectomy breast reconstruction has been…
10.1055/b-0036-141880 8 Free Lumbar Artery Perforator Flap for Autologous Breast Reconstruction Koenraad Van Landuyt and Steven F. Morris The development of the deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap provided a…
10.1055/b-0036-141887 15 Deep Circumflex Iliac Artery Perforator Flap for Breast Reconstruction Edward Buchel Autologous breast reconstruction using abdomen-based perforator flaps continues to be a highly successful means of reconstructing partial…
10.1055/b-0036-141885 13 Lateral Thigh Perforator Flap (Septocutaneous Tensor Fasciae Latae Perforator Flap) Stephania Tuinder, Arno Lataster, and Rene Remmelt Willie Johan van der Hulst Although the deep inferior epigastric perforator…
10.1055/b-0036-141881 9 Pedicled Lateral Thoracic Flap for Breast Reconstruction Moustapha Hamdi and Assaf Zeltzer The microsurgical era evolved from Tansini’s work on the pedicled latissimus dorsi (LD) musculocutaneous flap, which…
10.1055/b-0036-141882 10 Bipedicled (Double or Stacked) Abdominal Perforator Flap in Unilateral Breast Reconstruction Julie V. Vasile and Joshua L. Levine The abdomen remains an ideal choice of donor site for…
