title: Aspects of facial correction and reconstruction by using transplants (composite grafts and implants) with special reference to surgical membrane implants.
abstract: This article contains a survey of the methods of facial reconstruction I have used for the past more than 35 years. The advantages of free grafts, especially composite grafts, the place for local flaps or in other areas for defect cover by a combination of flaps and grafts are explained. A few patient examples illustrate the described methods.
authors.affiliation: Plastische Chirurgie am Rosenberg, Heiden, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene