Exposed Artificial Plate Covered With Perifascial Areolar Tissue as a Nonvascularized Graft

Summary:. Perifascial areolar tissue (PAT) is a loose connective tissue on deep fascia, such as on the groin, thigh, or temporal region, which has abundant vascular plexus and mesenchymal stem cells. Nonvascularized PAT grafts can survive even on hypovascular wound beds. Therefore, PAT grafting is a...

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Main Authors: Tomoyuki Ito, MD, Satoshi Akazawa, MD, Yuichi Ichikawa, MD, Yusuke Yamamoto, MD, Shohei Aoyama, MD, Tomoki Kiuchi, MD, Junichi Nakao, MD, Tetsuro Onitsuka, MD, Jun Araki, MD, Masahiro Nakagawa, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2019-02-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000002109