The adaptation of the "crane principle" to vascularise a free lipo-dermal graft.
This paper describes the use of the "crane principle" to vascularise a free lipo-dermal graft in the correction of a complicated post-burn contour defect of the forehead.
D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D005546:Forehead / Q000098:blood supply / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps