Use of the Medial Side of the Knee Skin as a Free Flap Saphenous Flap

Autor: Karamürsel, Sebat, Çelebiolu, Selim
Zdroj: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; April 2006, Vol. 117 Issue: 4 p1308-1314, 7p
Abstrakt: The knee region is a good free skin flap donor site, as it has minimal subcutaneous tissue and provides a hidden donor site. Acland et al. first used the skin over the medial side of the knee as a “saphenous flap” based on the saphenous branch of the descending genicular artery.
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