Abstract
Following radical tumor resections or severe trauma, particularly in the head and neck region, cartilage or bone grafts serve as frame work in defect reconstruction. As an alternative, porous plastic material was used for preformed free flaps in an experimental study with 28 New Zealand rabbits. Due to ingrowth of fibrous tissue and capillaries, it was possible to obtain prefabricated flaps consisting of vascularized porous plastic, a thin layer of fatty gliding tissue and full thickness skin graft. The blood supply of all three layers of the transplant was confirmed by microangiography Tc 99 m labeled red blood cells and histological examination.
| Translated title of the contribution | Experimental studies of the uses of porous polytetrafluorethylene in preformed free flaps |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 243-249 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| State | Published - 1992 |
| Externally published | Yes |