SAN FRANCISCO — A reversed adipofascial flap in conjunction with skin grafting is an effective technique for the reconstruction of complex hand wounds, according to a study presented here. D. Nicole ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Multiple debridements and the use of flaps are associated with longer closure times on complex infectious wounds ...

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is an inflammatory skin condition that can cause painful lumps underneath the skin. Plastic surgery, such as skin grafts and skin flaps, may help treat the condition.

A surgical flap procedure using tissue from the glutes can improve blood flow and provide reliable healing of sacral pressure ulcers, according to a Chinese study. Researchers observed 20 patients, ...

When a patient with head and neck cancer has surgery to remove it, they often need reconstructive surgery in the form of a “free flap”, which is skin and tissue taken from a different part of the body ...

A skin graft is a patch of skin removed from one area of your body (donor site) and reattached in another place (recipient site). Skin grafts can only come from your own body. You can’t receive a skin ...

The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator or DIEP flap is a microsurgical technique in which blood vessels, skin and fat are taken from the lower abdomen and used to reconstruct the breast(s).