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Free flaps in reconstructive surgery.

D S Soutar
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Advances in technique, training and instrumentation have improved the patency rates for small vessel anastomosis. This, together with the introduction of more reliable donor sites for free tissue transfer, have resulted in success rates in excess of 90%. The technique is not associated with an increase in mortality or morbidity; on the contrary there is the advantage of primary reconstruction with a wide choice of donor sites offering the correct amount and type of tissue required. Single-stage, effective reconstruction, aimed at primary wound healing remains the aim of the reconstructive surgeon and free tissue transfer offers the most versatile and reliable method currently available.

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D S Soutar. 1989. Free flaps in reconstructive surgery.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2589783/

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