title: Future Perspectives of Pre-expanded Perforator Flaps.
abstract: Although clinical application of a pre-expanded perforator flap is primarily focused on face and neck reconstructions, such a flap has also been used to reconstruct defects in the trunk, extremities, or hands. With better understanding of the improved blood supply to the flap and the mechanism on the prefabrication of blood supply within the flap, the pre-expanded perforator flap will definitely play a more important role in reconstructive surgery and can be used in selected patients by many plastic surgeons worldwide with good reconstructive and cosmetic outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, 2221 Stockton Boulevard, Suite 2123, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. Electronic address: llpu@ucdavis.edu.
authors.forename: Lee L Q
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Dongguan Kanghua Hospital, 1000 Dongguan Avenue, Dongguan 523080, Guangdong Province, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Chunmei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061525:Perforator Flap / Q000098:blood supply / Q000639:trends*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*
keywords: Future perspectives; Perforator flaps; Pre-expanded perforator flaps; Pre-expansion; Prefabrication; Skin flaps