title: Use of deepithelialized medial sural artery perforator flap for the correction of postoncologic facial contour deformity.
abstract: We report a case of young patient with a postoncologic right buccomandibular defect in which the deepithelialized medial sural artery perforator flap was used to obtain a symmetric contour of the defective side. The aim of this study was to compare treatment strategies of facial contour deformities and to give detailed information about medial sural artery flap dissection with a clinical presentation.
authors.affiliation: Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital/Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey. oozozay@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Özay
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Özkaya
authors.forename: Onur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Egemen
authors.forename: Derya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bingöl
authors.forename: Mithat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001158:Arteries; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D061525:Perforator Flap / Q000098:blood supply*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000601:surgery*