title: Current Practice: The Bilobed Flap from the Classic Indication to Cover a Small Defect on Face to Covering a Large Defect on the Chest.
abstract: A variety of flaps are available to cover skin defects after surgery or trauma in the head and neck area. The bilobed flap is a double transposition flap commonly used in reconstruction of small-to-medium skin defects of the face where skin is less mobile. However, larger defects can also be effectively treated with a bilobed flap in certain cases. The classic indication to cover a small defect on the nose and covering a large skin-defect after tumour resection in the jugular notch. After sufficient mobilization, the defects could easily be closed with no wound complications and with very good aesthetic and functional outcome. The bilobed flap, as a local flap, is possible in suitable locations even for larger skin defects. In addition to the simplicity of the procedure, good aesthetic results can be expected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Craniofacial Unit, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bast
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Helios Clinics Bad Saarow, Clinic for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery/Plastic Surgery, Germany.
authors.forename: Susann
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roos
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Helios Clinics Bad Saarow, Clinic for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery/Plastic Surgery, Germany.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weikert
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Helios Clinics Bad Saarow, Clinic for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery/Plastic Surgery, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schrom
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009666:Nose / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome