[The reversed dermis flap soon to be forgotten as a major filler?].
In his paper entitled "The reversed dermis flap" published in 1978, Pakiam explained the advantages of de-epithelialising local flaps and applying them dermis-side down. We present a ten-year series of 107-reversed dermis flaps used to raise depressed scars. There have been no significant complications in this series except two cases of infection and six cases of postoperative haematoma. All patients were satisfied with the cosmetic outcome. We do not use this flap as much as we used to since Coleman demonstrated how efficient lipostructure could be especially when applied to thin depressed scars. The reversed dermis flap remains invaluable in cases of widespread scars or when lipostructure is dangerous or impossible.
Dagrégorio
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Service de chirurgie plastique, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Poitiers, rue de la Milétrie, BP 577, 86021 Poitiers, France. g.dagregorio@chu-poitiers.fr
Huguier
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Martin
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Darsonval
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D020405:Dermis / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D013524:Surgical Flaps