Aesthetic refinements in reconstructive microsurgery.
The vast array of free tissue options available to reconstructive surgeons plus our knowledge of vascular systems now provide us with the wherewithal to not only fill a defect but to do so aesthetically and with minimal donor site morbidity. The authors discuss setting reconstructive goals that include refined and aesthetic results for deficit and donor site alike and demonstrate how, in many situations, these goals can be achieved.
Toth
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Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center, San Francisco, CA.
Elliott
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D004954:Esthetics; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps