title: The great potential of the intercostal flap for torso reconstruction.
abstract: The intercostal flap has many uses for torso reconstruction, whether employed as an island flap or a free flap. With modifications, it can be used as a sensory skin flap, or as a compound osteocutaneous flap to restore stability in a chest wall construction, or as a skin flap with a permanent blood supply to provide stable cover after excision of radiation ulcers.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007366:Intercostal Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*; D007367:Intercostal Nerves / Q000637:transplantation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000601:surgery; D013552:Swine; D013900:Thoracic Nerves / Q000637:transplantation*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery; D013909:Thorax / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous