title: [Wound repair with single or double reverse tongue-shaped skin flap].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To seek a simple, safe and effective method for the instant repair of soft-tissue defects after excision of superficial tumor, chronic ulcer and scar constructure as well as injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  From August 1993 to October 1997, according to the location and size of the lesion, adjacent single or double reverse tongue-shaped skin flaps were designed to repair the defects of head, face, limb and shoulder in 31 cases, and the donor sites were closed directly.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The wounds were healed by first intention and the skin flaps were all survived postoperatively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It suggests that the tongue-shaped flap have the following characteristics: abundant blood supply, high survival rate, wide application, less trauma, and adjacent tissue can be fully used. It is a simple, safe and effective method for the instant repair of soft-tissue defects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou Medical College, Wuxi Jiangsu, P. R. China 214062.
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D017439:Cicatrix, Hypertrophic / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013524:Surgical Flaps