Hair-bearing flaps in head and neck reconstructive surgery.
Pedicled flaps of scalp are invaluable for reconstructing other hair-bearing regions about the head and neck. The flap is based on the posterior branch of the superficial temporal artery whose course is mapped out pre-operatively with Doppler. The flap is carefully measured and transferred, delayed after two weeks, and set in at three weeks. Complications were minimal in the authors' series of 22 cases.
D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp / Q000637:transplantation*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps