title: Aesthetic mental and cervical reconstruction after severe acne inversa by using a bilateral pedicled expanded forehead flap.
abstract: Acne inverse (AI), also known as hidradenitis suppurativa, is characterized by inflammatory nodules, fistulating sinus tracts, and painful skin abscesses. The severe AI often produces disfiguring scars influenced in both the appearance and function, especially in the facial and cervical regions. There might be difficulties in the situation for surgical treatment. This report described a 26-year-old man with severe scarring contractures in the neck and mandible regions after a long-term AI treated successfully with a bilateral pedicled expanded forehead flap. With the achievement of mental cervical angle, the patient has been reconstructed well both aesthetically and functionally during the long-term follow-ups.
authors.affiliation: Ninth Department of Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery Hospital of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Siqi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Jincai
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Liqiang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Hu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: Wenlin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zengjie
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhuming
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004954:Esthetics; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D005546:Forehead / Q000601:surgery*; D017497:Hidradenitis Suppurativa / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps