title: The "shutter flap" for large defects of the forehead.
abstract: Acquired defects involving exposed bone in the central forehead can be challenging to reconstruct. We present a simple technique in which two superiorly based flaps of galea frontalis and skin are transposed medially, like the shutter of a camera. Full-thickness grafts are used to close the donor site. This is a remarkably easy way to close some very large forehead wounds.
authors.affiliation: Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Sahl
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005546:Forehead / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D015626:Tissue Expansion