Flap surgery is a type of plastic surgery that uses tissues from another part of the body to close open wounds while having its own blood supply. Open wounds are an open invitation for bacteria. Loss ...

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Free flap reconstruction represents a cornerstone in the modern management of advanced oral and maxillofacial defects. This technique involves the transfer of tissue along with its vascular pedicle ...

PHILADELPHIA - Doctors in Penn Medicine's Division of Plastic Surgery recently performed their 5,000th free flap reconstructive surgery -- in which tissue is taken from another part of the body and ...

A significant advancement in surgical techniques for head and neck reconstruction was achieved in Pune with the successful performance of SCIP free flap surgery. This innovative procedure offers ...

Autologous breast reconstruction techniques are classified into different types based on the composition of flaps and the source of the tissue. TRAM refers to the transverse rectus abdominis muscle ...

Visakhapatnam: HCG Pinnacle Cancer centre has successfully operated a 34-year-old breast cancer patient using the free-flap procedure for the first time in the city, the hospital’s Surgical Oncology ...

D. Scott Lind, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Barbara L. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.; Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S. Advances in reconstructive techniques have made breast ...

Pune: Sunita was nursing her infant when she was diagnosed with cancer in her right breast five years ago. With no other option left, she underwent surgical removal of the right breast (mastectomy) ...