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Fu-Chan Wei is a researcher affiliated with Chang Gung University in Taiwan, primarily working within the field of Medicine. Their research portfolio includes a significant focus on Surgery, with additional contributions to Transplantation, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientific work of Fu-Chan Wei centers on several key topics, including:

  • Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques
  • Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques
  • Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research
  • Bone fractures and treatments
  • Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes
  • Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques
  • Digital Imaging in Medicine

Frequent collaborators in Wei's research include Nidal F. AL Deek, Yang-Ming Chang, Shao-Yu Hung, Jung-Ju Huang, and Aline Yen Ling Wang.

Wei's publications often appear in journals that specialize in plastic surgery and reconstructive procedures. The most common publication venues are:

  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
  • International Journal of Surgery
  • Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Fu-Chan Wei include:

  • "Fibula Jaw-in-a-Day with Minimal Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing: Maximizing Efficiency, Cost-Effectiveness, Intraoperative Flexibility, and Quality," 2021, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • "Quantization of extraoral free flap monitoring for venous congestion with deep learning integrated iOS applications on smartphones: a diagnostic study," 2023, International Journal of Surgery
  • "Asian Upper Blepharoplasty with the Hinge Technique," 2022, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • "Peripheral arterial disease: the role of extracellular volume measurements in lower limb muscles with MRI," 2020, European Radiology
  • "Sustained Release of Tacrolimus Embedded in a Mixed Thermosensitive Hydrogel for Improving Functional Recovery of Injured Peripheral Nerves in Extremities," 2023, Pharmaceutics

Best Publications

  • Have we found an ideal soft-tissue flap? An experience with 672 anterolateral thigh flaps.

    Fu-chan Wei;Vivek Jain;Naci Celik;Hung-chi Chen

  • Fibula osteoseptocutaneous flap for reconstruction of composite mandibular defects.

    Fu-Chan Wei;Chee-Seng Seah;Yuh-Chyuang Tsai;Shyh-Jann Liu

  • The "Gent" consensus on perforator flap terminology: preliminary definitions.

    Phillip N. Blondeel;Koen H. I. Van Landuyt;Stan J. M. Monstrey;Moustapha Hamdi

  • Free-Style Free Flaps

    Fu-Chan Wei;Samir Mardini

  • One-stage reconstruction of composite bone and soft-tissue defects in traumatic lower extremities.

    Sukru Yazar;Chih-Hung Lin;Fu-Chan Wei

  • Microsurgical free flap in head and neck reconstruction

    Chin-Ho Wong;Fu-Chan Wei

  • Outcome comparison between free muscle and free fasciocutaneous flaps for reconstruction of distal third and ankle traumatic open tibial fractures.

    Sukru Yazar;Chih-Hung Lin;Yu-Te Lin;Ali Engin Ulusal

  • Free anterolateral thigh flap for extremity reconstruction: clinical experience and functional assessment of donor site.

    Yur-Ren Kuo;Seng-Feng Jeng;Mei-Hui Kuo;Mong-Na Lo Huang

  • Confusion among perforator flaps: what is a true perforator flap?

    Fu-chan Wei;Vivek Jain;Sinikka Suominen;Hung-chi Chen

  • Double free flaps in reconstruction of extensive composite mandibular defects in head and neck cancer.

    Fu-Chan Wei;Ferit Demirkan;Hung-Chi Chen;I-How Chen

  • Restoration of shoulder abduction by nerve transfer in avulsed brachial plexus injury: evaluation of 99 patients with various nerve transfers.

    David Chwei-Chin Chuang;Gilbert W. Lee;Fuad Hashem;Fu-Chan Wei

  • Donor site morbidity after suprafascial elevation of the radial forearm flap: a prospective study in 95 consecutive cases.

    Barbara S. Lutz;Fu-Chan Wei;Sophia Chia-Ning Chang;Kuo-Hui Yang

  • Complications after reconstruction by plate and soft-tissue free flap in composite mandibular defects and secondary salvage reconstruction with osteocutaneous flap.

    Fu-chan Wei;Naci Celik;Wen-guei Yang;I-how Chen

  • The versatile anterolateral thigh flap: a musculocutaneous flap in disguise in head and neck reconstruction

    Ferit Demirkan;Hung-chi Chen;Fu-chan Wei;Hern-hsin Chen

  • Combined anterolateral thigh flap and vascularized fibula osteoseptocutaneous flap in reconstruction of extensive composite mandibular defects.

    Fu-Chan Wei;Naci Celik;Hung-Chi Chen;Ming-Huei Cheng

  • Intercostal nerve transfer of the musculocutaneous nerve in avulsed brachial plexus injuries: evaluation of 66 patients.

    David Chwei-Chin Chuang;Ming-Chung Yeh;Fu-Chan Wei

  • Segmental mandibulectomy and immediate free fibula osteoseptocutaneous flap reconstruction with endosteal implants: an ideal treatment method for mandibular ameloblastoma.

    Jagdeep S. Chana;Yang-Ming Chang;Fu-Chan Wei;Yu-Fen Shen

  • Technique and Strategy in Anterolateral Thigh Perforator Flap Surgery, Based on an Analysis of 15 Complete and Partial Failures in 439 Cases

    Naci Celik;Fu-chan Wei;Chih-hung Lin;Ming-huei Cheng

  • The outcome of failed free flaps in head and neck and extremity reconstruction: what is next in the reconstructive ladder?

    Fu-Chan Wei;Ferit Demirkan;Hung-Chi Chen;David C. C. Chuang

  • Functional restoration of elbow flexion in brachial plexus injuries: results in 167 patients (excluding obstetric brachial plexus injury).

    David Chwei-Chin Chuang;Mark D. Epstein;Ming-Chung Yeh;Fu-Chan Wei

Frequent Co-Authors

Kuender D. Yang
Kuender D. Yang Mackay Memorial Hospital

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