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The concept of thin flaps vascularized by subdermal vascular network was first described by Situ [1] in 1986; since then, various types of super-thin flaps have been applied successfully in China and Japan. Basic researches were also performed to better explain the excessive survival mechanism [2–5]. The authors have developed these thin flaps that are called “super-thin flaps,” which was first reported in 1994 [6]. Based on these successful clinical uses, supercharged super-thin flaps [7] and preexpanded super-thin flaps [8] were also reported and are widely used. Our ultimate goal, namely, the development of “thin and reliable flaps” is a unifying principle between “super-thin flaps” and perforator flaps.
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Gao, J., Lu, F. (2010). Super-Thin Flaps. In: Hyakusoku, H., Orgill, D., Teot, L., Pribaz, J., Ogawa, R. (eds) Color Atlas of Burn Reconstructive Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05070-1_41
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