title: Hair transplantation on a free microvascular latissimus dorsi flap: case report.
abstract: Large scalp defects can present as a challenging clinical problem for a reconstructive surgeon. We present a patient with a large scalp defect following an infection after neurosurgical treatment. Reconstruction of a defect was performed using a free latissimus dorsi flap with split-thickness skin graft. For achieving good aesthetic result, we transplanted 1000 minigrafts in 3 sessions on the latissimus dorsi flap. In our opinion, hair transplantation on a free microvascular flap is a viable and easy procedure with good aesthetic outcome for treating residual alopecia after reconstructing large scalp defects.
authors.affiliation: From the *Departments of Plastic Surgery and †Surgery, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb; and ‡Department of Surgery, General Hospital Karlovac, Karlovac, Croatia.
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Veir
authors.forename: Hrvoje
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kisić
authors.forename: Davor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mijatović
authors.forename: Branko
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bogdanić
authors.forename: Mladen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duduković
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kunjko
authors.forename: Hrvoje
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Veir
authors.forename: Zvonko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zadro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D058752:Free Tissue Flaps / Q000637:transplantation*; D006197:Hair / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D064171:Superficial Back Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery*