A flap technique is a type of plastic surgery used to repair or reconstruct parts of the body. It involves using a portion of muscle—as well as its fat, skin, and blood supply—to rebuild the ...

Plastic surgery now gives better results than ... Another form of flap more commonly performed, called the DIEP-free flap, uses fat and skin from a similar area of the belly area as a TRAM flap.

The plastic surgery team then came in and rebuilt it, using something called a free fibula flap, which is a bone borrowed from the leg and anastomosed to the tiny vessels of the face. It was so ...

Dr. Maricevich is a fellowship-trained plastic surgeon who specializes in all kinds of reconstructive and aesthetic procedures of the face, body and extremities as well as skin cancer and non-surgical ...