TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatric Microsurgery. A Global Overview
AU - Izadpanah, Ali
AU - Moran, Steven Lawrence
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - As microsurgical expertise has improved, allowing for the safe transfer of smaller and more refined flaps, free tissue transfer has continued to gain popularity for the management of pediatric soft tissue and bony defects. For the past 2 decades pediatric microsurgery has been shown to be technically feasible and reliable. The major advantage of free tissue transfer in children is the ability to reconstruct defects in a single stage, avoiding the historic treatments of skin grafting, tissue expansion, and pedicled flaps. This article reviews the present state-of-the-art in pediatric microsurgery.
AB - As microsurgical expertise has improved, allowing for the safe transfer of smaller and more refined flaps, free tissue transfer has continued to gain popularity for the management of pediatric soft tissue and bony defects. For the past 2 decades pediatric microsurgery has been shown to be technically feasible and reliable. The major advantage of free tissue transfer in children is the ability to reconstruct defects in a single stage, avoiding the historic treatments of skin grafting, tissue expansion, and pedicled flaps. This article reviews the present state-of-the-art in pediatric microsurgery.
KW - Children
KW - Free tissue transfer
KW - Microsurgery
KW - Pediatric
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cps.2016.12.001
DO - 10.1016/j.cps.2016.12.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 28340665
AN - SCOPUS:85012894767
JO - Clinics in Plastic Surgery
JF - Clinics in Plastic Surgery
SN - 0094-1298
ER -