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As medicine and surgery progress, many patients are surviving radical tumor resections and serious disfiguring trauma that before were often fatal. The need to deal with these resultant large wounds has led to the development of a wide array of pedicled flaps and, more recently, free tissue transfer. These advanced surgical techniques transfer tissue from a distant body site to the defect. The distant tissue, which often has a different color and texture, may not provide an optimal cosmetic result.
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Burkey, B.B., Sullivan, M.J. (1993). Skin Expansion. In: Harahap, M. (eds) Complications of Dermatologic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77415-7_17
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