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Revascularisation by ingrowth of a free flap: Fact or fiction?
Author(s) -
van Landuyt K.,
Monstrey S.,
Blondeel P.,
Tonnard P.,
Vermassen F.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2752(1996)17:7<417::aid-micr13>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - medicine , free flap , surgery , microsurgery
Revascularisation of a critically ischaemic extremity by means of a free flap occurs through the development of vascular connections at the free flap‐surrounding tissue interface. Three clinical cases are presented showing that in the particular situation of free tissue reconstruction of an ischaemic limb, vascular connections develop which are able at least partially to supply the free flap after occlusion of its arterial pedicle. One other case demonstrates similar vascular connections by angiography © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. MICROSURGERY 17:417–422 1996