Yanis Berkane, Alexandre G Lellouch, Guillaume Goudot, Austin Shamlou, Irina Filz von Reiterdank, Marion Goutard, Pierre Tawa, Paul Girard, Nicolas Bertheuil, Basak E Uygun, Mark A Randolph, Jérôme Duisit, Curtis L Cetrulo, Korkut Uygun
Machine perfusion has developed rapidly since its first use in solid organ transplantation. Likewise, reconstructive surgery has kept pace, and ex vivo perfusion appears as a new trend in vascularized composite allotransplants preservation. In autologous reconstruction, fasciocutaneous flaps are now the gold standard due to their low morbidity (muscle sparing) and favorable functional and cosmetic results. However, failures still occasionally arise due to difficulties encountered with the vessels during free flap transfer...
December 12, 2023: Bioengineering