Aspects of facial correction and reconstruction by using transplants (composite grafts and implants) with special reference to surgical membrane implants.

This article contains a survey of the methods of facial reconstruction I have used for the past more than 35 years. The advantages of free grafts, especially composite grafts, the place for local flaps or in other areas for defect cover by a combination of flaps and grafts are explained. A few patient examples illustrate the described methods.