Introduction to facial flaps.
The increasing incidence and prevalence of cutaneous neoplasia of the face requiring surgical extirpation demand that the cutaneous surgeon be adept at the repair of a wide spectrum of cutaneous facial defects. By approaching the regional location of a facial wound, the novice or experienced flap surgeon may simplify his or her approach to operative reconstruction. Flap behavior and biomechanics are learned easily with experience, and the informed cutaneous surgeon may obtain superior facial reconstructive results.
Cook
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Department of Dermatology, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Cookjw@musc.edu
D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps