Composite free flaps to the hand.
When reconstruction demands more than simple coverage, free-tissue transfer affords the opportunity to replace more than one tissue type or function in a single-stage procedure by using compound tissue flaps. Strictly speaking, free compound flaps are tissue units that include more than one tissue plane. The lexicon, however, has come to imply a tissue unit that includes more than one functionally relevant tissue type.
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Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
D016025:Bone Transplantation; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011884:Radius / Q000601:surgery; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing