title: Facial Skin Cancer Reconstruction.
abstract: Nonmelanoma skin cancers are the most common skin cancers in the United States and the most common malignancies afflicting the head and neck region. Reconstruction of resulting defects has significant aesthetic and functional implications, and plastic surgeons are frequently consulted for reconstruction. Reconstruction can be accomplished via a multitude of approaches spanning the reconstructive ladder, and the approach should be individualized based upon both patient-related and defect-related factors. Here the authors propose a simplified approach to facial reconstruction broken down by aesthetic region.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Jesse D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Meaike
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Ryan M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Dickey
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Killion
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Erica L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Rodger H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Brown
keywords: cheek; ear; eyelid; facial skin cancer; nose; reconstruction; scalp