Delayed grafting of midline forehead flap donor defect: utilization of residual flap tissue.
The use of a midline forehead flap often creates a secondary defect that is difficult to close primarily. When the pedicle is detached, the residual flap tissue can be utilized as a delayed full-thickness skin graft. This technique combines two surgical principles: delayed grafting and the use of adjacent residual flap pedicle skin that would normally be discarded.
Salasche
S J
SJ
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Grabski
W J
WJ
Mulvaney
M J
MJ
D005546:Forehead / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*