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Free flap
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free flap
n.
An island flap in which the donor vessels are severed and the flap is moved to the recipient site where it is revascularized.
Free flap
A section of tissue detached from its blood supply, moved to another part of the body, and reattached by microsurgery to a new blood supply.
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Negative pressure therapy has been shown to decrease the need for free tissue transfer in acute traumatic wounds, with exposed bone/hardware and tendon.
Negative pressure wound therapy: an important adjunct to wound care by Mendonca, Derick Amith / Southern Medical Journal
The reliability of free tissue transfer has expanded the capabilities of surgical reconstruction to include not only small soft-tissue defects, but large composite defects, as well.
Prosthetic rehabilitation of large sinonasal-orbital and palatal ... by Hamilton, Jason S. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Since its inception, free tissue transfer has revolutionized the field of head and neck reconstruction by allowing surgeons to rebuild defects of increasing complexity.
Advantages of perforator flaps in reconstruction of complex defects ... by Metzinger, Stephen Eric / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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