title: Z-plasty.
abstract: Z-plasty is one of the oldest plastic surgery techniques. Z-plasty is a basic technique that has numerous applications in plastic surgery of the head and neck. The principles of Z-plasty are reviewed, and variations in the basic principles are explored.
authors: Division of Otolaryngology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia.
authors: W E
authors: WE
authors: Davis
authors: J H
authors: JH
authors: Boyd
mesh_terms: D006257:Head / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*