title: The crane principle revisited: application in the reconstruction of compound frontal defects.
abstract: An extension of the "crane" principle is presented for use in compound frontal defects, and several case histories are described. The procedure would obviously not be possible if a foreign material had been used for the osseous defects, since take of the skin graft depends on circulation through the autogenous bone graft.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005546:Forehead / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D012535:Scalp / Q000637:transplantation*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps