Pedicled forehead flap for the reconstruction of maxillary defect: A novel surgical case report
"The tint of the forehead so exactly matches that of the face and nose that it must be the first choice" -Sir Harold Gillies and D. Ralph Millard Flaps from the frontal and temporal region have been used for mid-face, orbital, and peri-orbital reconstruction. The knowledge of the vascular...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | "The tint of the forehead so exactly matches that of the face and nose that it must be the first choice" -Sir Harold Gillies and D. Ralph Millard Flaps from the frontal and temporal region have been used for mid-face, orbital, and peri-orbital reconstruction. The knowledge of the vascular anatomy of the region helps to dissect and harvest the muscle/fascia/skin/combined tissue flaps from that region depending on the requirement. Maxillectomy defects are usually covered with free flaps to fill the cavity. Here, we report an innovative technique in which a patient with a maxillectomy with external skin defect was covered with pedicled forehead flap based on the parietal and frontal branches of superficial temporal artery. |
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| Item Description: | 0976-4003 2231-2293 10.4103/IJDS.IJDS_59_18 |