title: [Application of rhomboid flap for the repairment of postoperative defects in head and neck cutaneous tumor].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To summarize the clinical repairment experience of postoperative skin defects in head and neck cutaneous tumor.
  
  
  METHODS
  From July 2002 to September 2006, 24 patients with head and neck cutaneous tumor were treated in our department. Every specimen and resection margin of all cases were monitored by intraoperative frozen section. Extents of operative skin defects were from 1.0 cm x 1.5 cm to 3.0 cm x 3.5 cm, all of which were repaired by rhomboid flap.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the cases were primarily repaired, and followed up 6 month to 3 years. The repaired skins had the normal colour, without obviously scars or secondary deformations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The rhomboid flap is reasonably designed, conveniently procured and manipulated. It is a better method to immediately repair the head and neck skin defects after radical excision of tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, the People's Hospital of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
authors.forename: Liangsi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Peina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Siyi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaoning
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Xinhan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Shaohua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Cuiyuan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps