title: The application of reverse tubular medial upper arm flap in the reconstruction of ripped facial defects.
abstract: Reverse medial upper arm flap is usually utilized in the reconstruction of defects in soft tissues of head and facial skin and is with good clinical efficacy. However, it has not been used in the reconstruction of ripped defects. In this study, we used the reverse tubular medial upper arm flap to repair the ripped facial defects. The reverse tubular skin flap from the medial upper arm was longitudinally cut into two parts. One part was used for the reconstruction of ripped facial defects. The other part was used as inner lining to repair the defects of mucosa. Using this method, 3 patients with ripped facial defects were successfully repaired. Thus the reverse tubular medial upper arm flap was successfully used in the reconstruction of ripped facial defects with little surgical trauma, simple manipulation of the operation, increased success rate of the operation and reduced incidence of complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xianglin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Shaolin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Incubation Base of Xinjiang Major Diseases Research, Clinical Medical Research Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wen
keywords: Ripped defects; flap; upper arm