title: Pre-expanded Free Perforator Flaps.
abstract: Pre-expanded perforator flaps are the most recent technical way to shape tissue for exact needs. Reconstruction with pre-expanded free perforator flaps has proven successful in terms of obtaining more extensive, more pliable, and thinner flaps that have increased vascularity, and also causing less donor site morbidity. In this article the author's experience with the clinical application of such flaps and the relevant published literature are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Fatih, Istanbul 34093 Turkey. Electronic address: emrehocaoglu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hocaoğlu
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D061525:Perforator Flap / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Free flap; Free tissue transfer; Microsurgery; Perforator flap; Pre-expanded perforator flap; Pre-expansion