title: Choosing the correct Limberg flap.
abstract: A technique is presented for designing the 8 possible Limberg flaps to close any given rhomboidal defect. Then we show how to choose out of those 8 the only two that will be correctly oriented so the donor area of the Limberg flap can be closed with a minimal amount of tension.
mesh_terms: D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014945:Wound Healing