Wu, LC. Kim E. “The vastas lateralis muscle flap: an ideal muscle flap for soft tissue reconstruction in lower extremity trauma.” In preparation.

Wu, LC. Lin, I. Serletti, J. An assessment on outcomes and aesthetic comparison between vertical and wise pattern reduction patterns for free flap breast reconstruction. In preparation.

Kaye, A. Wu, LC. Serletti, J. Fat necrosis in microvascular breast reconstruction: An assessment and comparison of SIEA, DIEP, and muscle-sparing free TRAM methods. In preparation.

Wu, LC. Chevray, P. Morbidity and complications in free SIEA flap vs. free TRAM and DIEP flap breast reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. Accepted PRS.

Wu, LC. Iteld, L. Song, DH. Supercharging the transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap: Breast reconstruction for the overweight and obese population. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. Accepted Annals of Plastic Surgery.

Wu, LC. Djohan, RS. Liu, TS. Chao, AH. Lohman, RF. Song, DH. Proximal vascular pedicle preservation for sartorius muscle flap transposition. Plast Reconstr Surg. 117(1): 253-9; 2006 Jan.

Wu, LC. Gottlieb, LJ. Glabrous dermal grafting: A 12 year experience with the functional and aesthetic restoration of palmar and plantar skin defects. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg.116(6):1679-85, 2005 Nov.

Agarwal, JP. Olgilvie M. Wu, LC. Lohman, RF. Gottlieb, LJ. Franczyk, M. Song, DH. Vacuum assisted closure for sternal wounds: A first line therapeutic management.” Plast Reconstr Surg.116(4):1035-40; 2005 Sep.

Walton, RL. Wu, LC. Beahm, EK. A through and through irrigation system for salvage of cartilage grafts in a secondary rhinoplasty complicated by infection. Annals of Plastic Surgery. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 54(4):445-50, 2005 Apr.

Wu, LC. Song, DH. The rectus abdominis musculoperitoneal flap for the immediate reconstruction of partial vaginal defects. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 115(2):2005 Feb.

Wu, LC. Renucci, JD. Song, DH. Sternal nonunion: A review of current treatments and a new method of rigid plate fixation. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 53(6):2004 Dec.

Wu, LC. Renucci, JD. Song, DH. Rigid plate fixation for the treatment of sternal nonunion. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 128(4):623-4, 2004 Oct.

Walton, RL. Beahm, EK. Wu, LC. Lipogenesis in a vascularized construct. Microsurgery. 24(5):378, 2004.

Song, DH. Wu, LC. Lohman, RF. Gottlieb, LJ. Franczyk, M. Vacuum assisted closure for the treatment of sternal wounds: the bridge between debridement and definitive closure. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 111(1):92-7, 2003 Jan.

Book Chapters
Wu, L. Grafts and Flaps. 2007 Edition of Essentials of Plastic Surgery.

Other Publications
Wei, FC. Wu, LC. Chang, MY. The total reconstruction of composite mandibular defects with the fibula osteoseptocutaneous free flap and primary osseointegrated dental implants. Educational video. 1999.

Abstract Publications
Wu, LC. Chevray, P. “Morbidity and complications in free SIEA flap vs. free TRAM and DIEP flap breast reconstruction. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,” AAHS/ASRM/ASPN American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico, 1/2007.

Wu, LC. Gotllieb LJ. “Glabrous dermal grafting: A 12 year experience with the functional and aesthetic restoration of palmar and plantar skin defects,” AAHS/ASRM/ASPN American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, 1/2006.

Wu, LC. Djohan, RS. Liu, TS. Chao, AH. Lohman, RF. Song, DH. “Proximal vascular pedicle preservation for sartorius muscle flap transposition,” AAHS/ASRM/ASPN American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, 1/2006.

Cohn, AB. Wu, LC. Lohman, RF. Gottlieb, LJ. “Near-Circumferential Musculocutaneous/Perforator Thigh Flap on a Single Arterial Pedicle: A Novel Option for Large Soft-Tissue Defects” AAHS/ASRM/ASPN American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, 1/2006.

Wu, LC. Franczyk, M. Gottlieb, LJ. “IntegraVAC: Combining technologies for more efficient patient care,” 37th Annual Meeting American Burn Association, Chicago, IL, 5/2005.

Agarwal, JP. Olgilvie M. Wu, LC. Lohman, RF. Gottlieb, LJ. Franczyk, M. Song, DH. “Vacuum assisted closure for sternal wounds: A first line therapeutic management.” 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgery/Plastic Surgery Education Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, 10/2004.

Wu, LC. Song, DH. “The rectus abdominis musculoperitoneal flap for the immediate reconstruction of partial vaginal defects,” 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgery/Plastic Surgery Education Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, 10/2004.

Iteld, L. Wu, LC. Song, DH. “Supercharging to the internal mammary system as a means to provide augmented blood flow to TRAM flap reconstruction of the breast,” AAHS/ASRM/ASPN American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, Rancho Mirage, CA, 1/2004.

Wu, LC. Lohman, RF. Schechter, LS. Limsrichamrern, S. Winans, CG. Millis, JM. Cronin, DC. “The implantable doppler probe for continuous monitoring of hepatic artery and portal vein blood flow in pediatric liver transplantation,” 2nd Congress of World Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Heidelberg, Germany, 6/2003.

Wu, LC. Schechter, LS. Lohman, RF. “Defining the role of negative pressure therapy in the treatment algorithm of extremity wounds,” 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgery/Plastic Surgery Education Foundation, San Antonio, TX, 11/2002.

Song, DH. Wu, LC. Lohman, RF. Gottlieb, LJ. Franczyk, M. “Vacuum assisted closure for the treatment of sternal wounds: the bridge between debridement and definitive closure,” Lund International Meeting on Poststernotomy Mediastinitis, Lund, Sweden, 9/2002.

Wu, LC. Lohman, RF. Schechter, LS. Limsrichamrern, S. Winans, CG. Millis, JM. Cronin, DC. “The Implantable Doppler Probe for Continuous Monitoring of Hepatic Artery and Portal Vein Blood Flow in Pediatric Liver Transplantation,” AAHS/ASRM/ASPN American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, Kauai, HI, 1/2002.

Song, DH. Wu, LC. Lohman, RF. Gottlieb, LJ. Franczyk, M. “Vacuum assisted closure for the treatment of sternal wounds: the bridge between debridement and definitive closure” 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery/Plastic Surgery Education Foundation, Orlando, FL, 11/2001.

Walton, RL. Beahm, EK. Wu, LC. “Lipogenesis in a vascularized construct,” 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery/Plastic Surgery Education Foundation, Orlando, FL, 11/2001.

Wu, LC. Schechter, LS. Lohman, RF. “Defining the Role of Negative Pressure Therapy in the Treatment Algorithm of Extremity Wounds,” First Inaugural Congress of the World Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Taipei, Taiwan, 10/2001.

Walton, RL. Beahm, EK. Wu, LC. “Lipogenesis in a vascularized construct,” AAHS/ASRM/ASPN American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, Coronado, CA, 1/2001.

Abstract Presentations
IV Congress of the World Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Athens, Greece, “Reconstruction of complicated scalp and calvarial defects with the latissimus dorsi/rib intercostal perforator myo-osseo-cutaneous free flap,” 6/2007.

AAHS/ASRM/ASPN American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico, “Morbidity and complications in free SIEA flap vs. free TRAM and DIEP flap breast reconstruction. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,” 1/2007.

AAHS/ASRM/ASPN American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, “Glabrous dermal grafting: A 12 year experience with the functional and aesthetic restoration of palmar and plantar skin defects,” “Proximal vascular pedicle preservation for sartorius muscle flap transposition,” and “Near-Circumferential Musculocutaneous/Perforator Thigh Flap on a Single Arterial Pedicle: A Novel Option for Large Soft-Tissue Defects” 1/2006.

Senior Residents Presentations, Chicago Society of Plastic Surgeons, “Medical Mission: My Perspective as a Resident.” 6/2005.

37th Annual Meeting American Burn Association, Chicago, IL, “IntegraVAC: Combining technologies for more efficient patient care,” 5/2005.

MAPS, Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgery, Chicago, IL, “Glabrous dermal grafting: A 12 year experience with the functional and aesthetic restoration of palmar and plantar skin defects.” 4/2005.

Senior Residents Conference, ASPS/PSEF, Houston, TX, “Glabrous dermal grafting: A 12 year experience with the functional and aesthetic restoration of palmar and plantar skin defects.” 3/2005.

73rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgery/Plastic Surgery Education Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, “Vacuum assisted closure for sternal wounds: A first line therapeutic management,” and “The rectus abdominis musculoperitoneal flap for the immediate reconstruction of partial vaginal defects,” 10/2004.

Charles Huggins Research Symposium, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, “Proximal vascular pedicle preservation for sartorius muscle flap transposition,” and “The rectus abdominis musculoperitoneal flap for the immediate reconstruction of partial vaginal defects,” 5/2004.

MAPS, Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgery, Chicago, IL, “The rectus abdominis musculoperitoneal flap for the immediate reconstruction of partial vaginal defects,” 5/2004.

AAHS/ASRM/ASPN American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, Rancho Mirage, CA, “Supercharging to the internal mammary system as a means to provide augmented blood flow to TRAM flap reconstruction of the breast,” 1/2004.

Chicago Society of Plastic Surgeons, Case Presentation, “The Microsurgical Reconstruction of Scalp and Calvarial Defects,” 9/2003.

2nd Congress of World Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Heidelberg, Germany, “The implantable doppler probe for continuous monitoring of hepatic artery and portal vein blood flow in pediatric liver transplantation,” 6/2003.

71st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgery/Plastic Surgery Education Foundation, San Antonio, TX, “Defining the role of negative pressure therapy in the treatment algorithm of extremity wounds,” 11/2002.

Lund International Meeting on Poststernotomy Mediastinitis, Lund, Sweden, “Vacuum assisted closure for the treatment of sternal wounds: the bridge between debridement and definitive closure,” 9/2002.

AAHS/ASRM/ASPN American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, Kauai, HI, “The Implantable Doppler Probe for Continuous Monitoring of Hepatic Artery and Portal Vein Blood Flow in Pediatric Liver Transplantation,” 1/2002.

70th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery/Plastic Surgery Education Foundation, Orlando, FL, “Vacuum assisted closure for the treatment of sternal wounds: the bridge between debridement and definitive closure” and “Lipogenesis in a vascularized construct,” 11/2001.

First Inaugural Congress of the World Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Taipei, Taiwan, “Defining the Role of Negative Pressure Therapy in the Treatment Algorithm of Extremity Wounds,” 10/2001.

Charles Huggins Research Symposium, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, “Lipogenesis in a vascularized construct,” 5/2001.

MAPS, Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgery, Chicago, IL, “Vacuum assisted closure for the treatment of sternal wounds: the bridge between debridement and definitive closure” and “Lipogenesis in a vascularized construct,” 4/2001.

AAHS/ASRM/ASPN American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, Coronado, CA, “Lipogenesis in a vascularized construct,” 1/2001.

Annual Senior Student Scientific Forum, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, “In vivo seeding of biodegradable scaffolds with an established pre-adipocyte cell line,” 6/1999.

Summer Student Research Forum, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, “In vivo seeding of biodegradable scaffolds with an established pre-adipocyte cell line,” 9/1996.