Techniques and Innovations in Flap Engineering: A Review.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2022;
10:e4523. [PMID:
36168612 PMCID:
PMC9509183 DOI:
10.1097/gox.0000000000004523]
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Abstract
Currently, the gold standard for complex defect reconstruction is autologous tissue flaps, with vascularized composite allografts as its highest level. Good clinical results are obtained despite considerable obstacles, such as limited donor sites, donor site morbidity, and complex operations. Researchers in the field of tissue engineering are trying to generate novel tissue flaps requiring small or no donor site sacrifice. At the base of existing technologies is the tissue’s potential for regeneration and neovascularization.
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