title: Free transfer of the greater omentum.
abstract: Thirty-seven patients with various coverage problems and with lower extremity occlusive disease underwent free transfer of the greater omentum into the defect with a favorable clinical success rate. There are a number of advantages of this technique for such reconstructive problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microsurgery, All Union Scientific Centre, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Shilov
authors.forename: N O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Milanov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000637:transplantation*; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods