Autologous Tissue Repair and Total Face Restoration.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Total face restoration remains a challenge in modern reconstructive surgery. After 17 years of experiments and preliminary clinical studies, a new concept of face prefabrication was developed for face restoration with autologous tissue.

Objective

To evaluate the long-term results of face restoration with autologous tissue and report a finalized and standardized approach of face prefabrication.

Design, setting, and participants

In this single-center long-term retrospective study, 32 patients who underwent total face restoration between 2005 and 2022 were reviewed. These patients underwent total facial reconstruction, which included flap prefabrication, 3-dimensional printing, tissue expansion, and flap transfer with aid of indocyanine green angiography (IGA)

SUBMITTER: Zan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11310821 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature