title: Principles of flap prefabrication.
abstract: Clinical flap prefabrication can be classified according to the basic technique of plastic surgery used for the prefabrication. There are currently three methods: (1) delay or expansion; (2) grafting; and (3) vascular induction by staged transfer. Illustrative cases are given to point out the advantages and indications for each method. A fourth, still experimental, method is based on cell biology advances that are looming on the horizon and may have revolutionary future clinical applications.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Khouri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Upton
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*