title: Secondary vascularised hair-bearing island flaps for eyebrow reconstruction.
abstract: Reconstruction of the eyebrows using a vascularised hair-bearing island flap is presented. The quality, density and direction of growth of hair for reconstruction of the eyebrows can be selected by using free vascular bundle transfer to prepare a secondary vascularised island flap.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hyakusoku
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000637:transplantation; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery; D005138:Eyebrows / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*