Grafts, Flaps, and Microsurgery

Microsurgery

Fatty tissue atrophy of free flap used for head and neck reconstruction

Fujioka M, Masuda K, Imamura Y (Natl Hosp Organization Nagasaki Med Ctr, Ohmura, Japan) Microsurgery 31:32-35, 2011^§

Abstract

Background

Many investigators have reported that microsurgical transplanted muscle shows a reduction in volume; however, changes in the size of transplanted fatty tissue have not been studied. The purpose of this study was to describe the degree of fatty tissue atrophy of microsurgical flaps.

Methods

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