Vascularized calvarial flaps.
Vascularized calvarial transfers offer many advantages. In this article the anatomic (soft tissue, vascular, osseous) basis of flap design is summarized, and the technical details of two calvarial flaps, the temporoparietal and the frontoparietal, are presented.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000637:transplantation; D012886:Skull / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000637:transplantation