title: Delay techniques for local flaps in dermatologic surgery.
abstract: Local flaps may be required to reconstruct defects on the face, neck, and scalp. Occasionally, delay techniques are indicated to reduce the risk for flap ischemia and subsequent necrosis. Delay may be employed before the flap is raised, as done to improve blood supply to a random flap when length to breadth proportions are not ideal, or after the flap is raised and before separation of the pedicle in the final reconstructive step to improve vascularity in the distal end of an interpolation flap. We present our techniques and results of delay procedures for interpolation and similar flaps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. farbern@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nimrod
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Farber
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haik
authors.forename: Oren
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Weissman
authors.forename: Hadar
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Israeli
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zilinsky
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D004423:Ear; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult