Forehead reconstruction using a bi-pedicled bone flap.
The forehead can be reconstructed using a bi-pedicled bone flap based on the temporalis muscles. The technique is illustrated by the description of a patient in whom post-operative radio-isotope scanning was used to demonstrate the viability of the transposed bone. The technique is useful when there has been previous infection.
D005546:Forehead / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012886:Skull / Q000637:transplantation*; D013524:Surgical Flaps