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Grafts, Local and Regional Flaps

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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

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Over the last century, numerous solutions have been devised for the closure of defects where tissue is missing or which cannot be closed with the simple approximation of the wound edges. Grafts and flaps both represent tissue transfer from one location to another. Grafts differ from flaps in that they do not have their own blood supply, whereas flaps bring their own blood supply when transferred to a new location. This chapter provides a basic overview of flaps and grafts and lists several examples of each.

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Abbreviations

TRAM:

Transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous

VAC:

Vacuum assisted closure

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  1. Division of Plastic Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA

    Jay W. Granzow

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Maria Z. Siemionow (Professor of Surgery, Director of Plastic Surgery Research, Head of Microsurgery Training) (Professor of Surgery, Director of Plastic Surgery Research, Head of Microsurgery Training)

  2. Department of Plastic and Aesthetic, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, Caritas-Krankenhaus St. Josef, affiliated with Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany

    Marita Eisenmann-Klein (Director) (Director)

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Granzow, J.W., Boyd, J.B. (2010). Grafts, Local and Regional Flaps. In: Siemionow, M.Z., Eisenmann-Klein, M. (eds) Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Springer Specialist Surgery Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-513-0_7

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