The crane principle revisited: application in the reconstruction of compound frontal defects.
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.
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