title: Customized prefabricated neovascularized free flaps.
abstract: Neovascularization of tissues into which a vascular pedicle has been implanted can result in the creation of a flap, or free flap, which is supported by those vessels as a neopedicle. This phenomenon allows the construction of customized prefabricated free flaps from tissue without restriction to naturally occurring vascular territories.
authors.affiliation: Microsurgical Replantation Transplantation Department, Davies Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94114.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirase
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Valauri
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Buncke
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Newlin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps