title: [Using the lower leg lateral skin flap to reconstruct oral and maxillofacial soft tissue defects (9 cases report)]
abstract: OBJECTIVE:In order to investigate the clinical value of lower leg lateral skin flap for the reconstructin of soft tissue defects at oral-maxillofacial regions. METHODS: 9 cases of different soft tissue defects of oral and maxillofacial regions were under went surgery with leg lateral skin flap transplantion in out patients department. RESULTS: All the 9 flaps were got success of one stage repair. This paper describes in detail the anatomy of the flap,technique of make up the flap, clinical application,advantages and disadvantages. CONCLUSION: The lower leg lateral skin flap is versatile flap,but is not the one for first choice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,Shanghai Second Medical Unviersity.Shanghai 200011,China.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Zu
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Ma