[Temperature of the skin in microvascular flaps].

Transferred free flaps by their defined vascular net improve the perfusion of the recipient region. Skin temperature depends on the skin perfusion, temperature conduction of the visceral organs, muscles and blood vessels, as well as on the heat loss by the evaporation and air convection in the environment. At the Clinic for Plastic Surgery and Burns and at the Institute of Hygiene of the Military Medical Academy, skin temperature of the transferred free flaps and the recipient region surrounding were analyzed and measured in controlled microclimate conditions.