[Plastic surgery of the arteries using autologous veins in free transplantation of combined flaps with microvascular anastomoses].

On the basis of their personal experience with 63 transfers of compound skin-fat and skin-muscle flaps on microvascular anastomoses the authors give an estimation of using the autovein (eight observations) for plasty of the artery of the flap vascular pedicle. The authors describe indications for using the autovein, methods and technique of its formation. It was shown that there was no direct dependence of unsatisfactory results on using the autovenous plasty of the artery. They were found to result from not correct formation of the flap.