Plastic Surgery Key

Galeal Flaps J. M. PSILLAKIS J. AVELAR J. PERSSONELLI EDITORIAL COMMENT This flap is based on the same principle as the temporoparietal fascial flap. Galea can be included when a…

Superficial Temporal Artery Forehead and Scalp Flaps I. K. DHAWAN EDITORIAL COMMENT This location was the site of probably one of the earliest free flaps that was transposed using the…

Bilaterally Pedicled V-Y Advancement Flap L. PONTES M. RIBEIRO EDITORIAL COMMENT A modification of the V-Y flap that allows greater mobility of the flap. The bilaterally pedicled V-Y advancement flap,…

Bilobar and Trilobar Forehead and Scalp Flaps M. NARAYANAN Immediate reconstruction of head and neck defects resulting from excisions of huge cancers is a unique procedure in plastic surgery. The…

Forehead Skin Flaps J. S. P. WILSON N. M. BREACH EDITORIAL COMMENT Historically, the forehead flap is one of the first axial flaps described, and it achieved enormous importance in…

Nasolabial Skin Flaps to The Cheek H. OHTSUKA EDITORIAL COMMENT In treating defects of the face, the possibility of primary closure and even the use of split- or full-thickness skin…

Subcutaneous Pedicle Flaps J. N. BARRON M. N. SAAD The use of subcutaneous pedicle flaps in the repair of cheek and neck defects is governed by the same basic principles…

Double-Z Rhomboid Plasty for Reconstruction of Facial Wounds F. N. GAHHOS EDITORIAL COMMENT This is a good alternative procedure, particularly for defects in which there is no mobility for correction…

Rhomboid-to-W Flap H. BECKER The rhomboid-to-W flap eliminates many of the problems associated with other flaps (1, 2, 3). The rhomboid defect is converted into a W-shaped scar, which is…

Rhombic and Rhomboid Schwenklappen-Plasty E. ROGGENDORF EDITORIAL COMMENT The reader will find this chapter difficult to assimilate. The mathematics are correct and helpful in the planning of flaps; however, one…