[Development of prefabricated flaps].
OBJECTIVE
To sum up the experimental development and clinical application of prefabricated flap.


METHODS
The reported experimental results and clinical application of prefabricated flap extensively reviewed.


RESULTS
Previous studies had proved that the revascularization of prefabricated flap mainly through anastomoses of implanted vessels and the original vessels of the flap, the implanted vessels slowly formed a new and complete blood vessel network, which could dominate the whole flap, three to four weeks later, the new vessels were mature and the flap could be transferred. Clinically, the superficial temporal vessels, gastroepiploic vessels, circumflex femoral vessels and thoracodorsalis vessels could be harvested for prefabricated flap with satisfactory results.


CONCLUSIONS
Prefabricated flap provides a new method for the treatment of complicated defects.
Ma
X J
XJ
Plastic Surgery Center, Xijiang Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an Shanxi, P. R. China 710032.
Lu
K H
KH
D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures