title: Clinical trial of a prefabricated secondary hypogastric flap pedicled on the deep inferior epigastric vessel with or without a tissue expander in three patients.
abstract: A newly developed prefabricated free hypogastric flap was used in three patients. Although the total clinical results were far from satisfactory, including one complete necrosis due to vascular thrombosis, we think that it is a useful free flap with a long vascular pedicle and a large diameter and that some future hopes exist in the secondary flap era.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shigehara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D015626:Tissue Expansion