[T plasty for the treatment of skin forehead defects].
BACKGROUND
The closure of the skin defect of the forehead area with local flap must prevent the distortions of the eyebrow and hairlines and must limit the visibility of the scars. The H plasty is the most common procedure to treat this kind of defect but the scars are extensive and numerous. The H cutaneous flap presents necrosis risks if the skin is thin and the defect important. The H musculocutaneous flap presents sensitive and motors lesions risks. The T cutaneous flap is a good choice because of its excellent cosmetic result and minimized risks.


METHODS
Twenty-six patients have been treated by the same surgeon between 2006 and 2012 with T cutaneous flap in order to treat forehead and temples' skin defects (the surface goes from 1.5 to 15cm).


RESULTS
Excisions were completed in the every 26 cases. We had excellent cosmetic result and no complications such as necrosis, infection, sensitive and motor troubles after the surgery.


CONCLUSIONS
The T plasty is easy for treating skin forehead defects. The scars are 25% less extensive than with a H plasty. The T flap permits to treat important defects without distortion or risks.


CONCLUSIONS
The T cutaneous flap can easily substitute the H plasty for the forehead and temples reconstruction with no risks but good cosmetics results.
Service de chirurgie plastique reconstructrice et esthétique, hôpital Saint-Louis, 10, avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France. Electronic address: Oren.marco@sls.aphp.fr.
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Marco
Service de chirurgie plastique reconstructrice et esthétique, hôpital Saint-Louis, 10, avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France.
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Boccara
Service de chirurgie plastique reconstructrice et esthétique, hôpital Saint-Louis, 10, avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France.
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Mimoun
Service de chirurgie plastique reconstructrice et esthétique, hôpital Saint-Louis, 10, avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France.
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Luini
Service de chirurgie plastique reconstructrice et esthétique, hôpital Saint-Louis, 10, avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France.
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Chaouat
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005546:Forehead / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps
Carcinoma; Carcinome; Flap; Forehead; Front; Lambeau; Plastie en T; T plasty