title: Arterialized occipitoparietal osteocutaneous flap.
abstract: We treated a case of postoperative osteomyelitis and epidural abscess in the left temporal and parietal region. The scalp and skull defect following debridement was reconstructed immediately with an arterialized occipitoparietal osteocutaneous flap that was supplied proximally by the occipital artery and distally by the superficial temporal artery. This method is one of the alternative methods for small to moderately sized skull and scalp defects in the temporal, parietal, and occipital areas without available superficial temporal artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Osaka City University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Motomura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muraoka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tominaga
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009777:Occipital Bone; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000601:surgery*; D010294:Parietal Bone; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply / Q000379:methods*