title: The deltoscapular flap.
abstract: The deltoscapular flap is described as an additional source of regional skin for head and neck reconstruction; this flap behaves in the manmer of an arterially based axial skin flap. On three occasions, I have used this back flap that is almost a mirror image of the deltopectoral flap.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002339:Carotid Arteries; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery*; D037981:Neck Dissection; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012540:Scapula; D012782:Shoulder; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods*