title: Composite free flaps to the hand.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: 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