Preoperative planning for free-tissue transfer.

Smith, Anthony A; Duncan, Scott F M · Microsurgery · 2005

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Preoperative planning is of paramount importance in the surgical teaching of free-tissue transfer. Preoperative planning begins with the initial patient evaluation and continues to the point of successful free-tissue transfer. A detailed preoperative plan allows even the neophyte microsurgeon to anticipate operative difficulties before they occur, and to have contingency plans for nearly all intraoperative scenarios.

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