[Clinical use of a rotation cheek flap].
The inverse triangular skin defect between lower eyelid and up lip can be repaired by cheek rotation flap. In order to preventing lower eyelid eversion, the author designed a triangular flap in the lateral canthal area which can change force bearing direction in this area. The flap can repair the defect as wide as 8 X 5 cm when the combination of bilobate flap of the posterior auricular flap and cheek flap was used. This technique was performed in 23 cases in last three years.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D002610:Cheek; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps