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The concept of a flow-through flap, in which both the proximal and the distal ends of the vascular pedicle of a free flap are anastamosed to provide blood flow to distal tissues, was first described by Soutar et al. in 1983. Foucher et al. were the first to report the reconstruction of an extremity with a simultaneous vascular defect by utilizing a radial forearm flow-through flap in 1984.
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Bullocks J, Naik B, Lee E, Hollier L Jr. Flow-through flaps: a review of current knowledge and a novel classification system. Microsurgery. 2006;26(6):439–49.
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Hou, C., Chang, S., Lin, J., Song, D. (2015). Flow-Through Perforator Flaps. In: Surgical Atlas of Perforator Flaps. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9834-1_7
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