Functional reconstruction of forehead with microneurovascular transfer of attenuated and broadened gracilis muscle.
Reconstruction of the frontalis muscle is difficult because it is very thin and broad. A technique is described to reconstruct the frontalis muscle with microneurovascular transfer of the gracilis muscle broadened and thinned. This technique is applicable to cases with a large, full-thickness skin defect of the forehead after tumour excision or trauma.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
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Sasaki
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Nozaki
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Nada
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Yamaki
D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005546:Forehead; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000637:transplantation*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*