title: Free skin flap transfer.
abstract: In this article we have described general considerations relative to free flap transfers, introduced our operative technique of free flap transfers and outlined some of our representative cases. We also set forth the advantages and disadvantages of free flap transfers as we have experienced them.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000601:surgery; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery; D012782:Shoulder; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013848:Thigh; D013909:Thorax; D013977:Tibia; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery