title: [The rhomboid flap: fundamentals for technical planning, variations and clinical applications (author's transl)].
abstract: The rhomboid flap was initially described by Limberg and was later modified by Dufourmentel as well as by a number of American clinicians. The flap can be an effective method for closing facial skin defects with good color and texture matches. Although the flap requires geometric planning, a minimum of scarring is possible by creating "zig-zag" lines in relaxed skin tension lines after closing the defect. Details of variations of the flap and their practical uses are described.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004954:Esthetics; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Der "Rhomboid Flap": Grundlagen der technischen Planung, Variationen und klinische Anwendungsmöglichkeiten.