Principles of Plastic Surgery: Blood Supply

This video is the first in a series on ‘Principles of Plastic Surgery’, and focuses in on the basics of blood supply. Professor Ashton takes health professionals through a detailed explanation of vascular architecture, including all of the important communicating structures.

He explains how understanding this architecture is critical to the success of a flap, and how to apply this knowledge to clinical practice. Professor Ashton takes health professionals through a number of examples of application to practice, concluding with some key ‘pearls’ to take away, and ‘pitfalls’ to avoid.