CLINICAL ATLAS OF MUSCLE AND MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAPS

Growth, whether in biologic system or in an intellectual one, is not a linear phenomenon. In the very recent past, transplantation of the kidney and its impact on the whole field of immunology and genetics has given rise to the entire field of transplant surgery. At the same time, a completely new specialty has arisen as a result of the work of Blalock and Taussig, Gross, and others-cardiac surgery.

In brief, growth within the field of surgery has been nothing short of remarkable in the past two decades. The transposition of muscle and musculocutaneous flaps is then an idea whose time has come. Because of muscle flaps, musculocutaneous flaps, arterialized flaps, and microsurgical techniques, the entire field of plastic and reconstructive surgery is undergoing a remarkableperiod of growth and metamorphosis.

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