title: An anatomical study and clinical cases of 'super-thin flaps' with transverse cervical perforator.
abstract: We present a microangiogram study and clinical cases of super-thin flaps based on a transverse cervical perforator. This flap is the first to use the perforator of the superficial branch of the transverse cervical artery. This flap is more useful for providing colour and texture matches than a skin graft, and it is easier to harvest the flap than a free flap because it is a kind of skin flap.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School Hospital 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 8603, Japan. chin@peach.plala.or.jp
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Rei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Hiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hyakusoku
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008833:Microcirculation; D008875:Middle Aged; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology