title: A template for the planning of rhombic skin flaps.
abstract: I have devised a template for the Limberg rhombic flap. I originally designed this template as a teaching aid, but I now find it indispensable in deciding the precise orientation of defect and flap without time-wasting and sometimes confusing trial skin marking. It is a simple, autoclavable device that can be added to any soft-tissue surgical set, and in my experience, it has significantly improved the quality of Limberg flap design.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Townend
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*