BACKGROUND The retroangular flap is usually used to reconstruct small ipsilateral facial defects. The purpose of this study was to explore the use of the contralateral retroangular island flap for reconstructing large midfacial defects. METHODS Retroangular flaps raised from the contralateral infraorbital region were used to reconstruct midfacial defects in 12 patients after the resection of ...

1 Mestak O, Kullac R, Mestak J, Nosek A, Krajcova A, Sukop A. Evaluation of the long-term stability of sheath plication using absorbable sutures in 51 patients with diastasis of the recti muscles: an ultrasonographic study. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Nov;130(5):714e-719e. 2 Tadiparthi S1, Shokrollahi K, Doyle GS, Fahmy FS. Rectus sheath plication in abdominoplasty: assessment of its longevity an...

1 Tissue of amputated or nonsalvageable limbs may be used for reconstruction of complex defects. Fillet flaps can be used to treat traumatic, oncologic, or pressureinduced wounds. The classical fillet flap is defined as an axial-pattern flap harvested from amputated, discarded or otherwise nonfunctioning or nonsalvageable areas of the body that can be used as a pedicled, island, or microvascula...

1 Benoit Chaput, MD Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Faculty of Medicine University of Toulouse CHU Rangueil Toulouse, France Guillaume de Bonnecaze, MD Department of Oto-rhino-laryngology Head and Neck Surgery University of Toulouse CHU Rangueil-Larrey Toulouse, France Raphael Lopez, MD, PhD Department of Maxillofacial Surgery University of Toulouse CHU Purpan Toulouse, France ...

In six patients with defective sensibility of the thumb the transfer of a neurovascular island flap was performed according to Littler's technique. This review one to eleven years later was mainly to determine if reorientation of the cortical representation of stimuli had developed and if tactile gnosis had persisted. The pick-up test was carried through by the three patients with a lesion of t...

Oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (Scc) occur most commonly in middle-aged and elderly individuals. Free flaps are commonly used for reconstruction of extensive tumor resection defects in the oral cavity. Age alone is not an independent variable for increased risk in microvascular reconstruction; however operative time and ASA risk score correlated with medical complications but no...

Distally based radial artery perforator flap (DBRAPF) is useful for hand defects; however, the location of the perforator varies among individuals. Preoperative evaluation has been a problematic issue when performing this flap. A 64-year-old man developed squamous cell carcinoma on an old burn scar at the dorsal thumb and was referred to our clinic for further treatment. After wide resection of...

Objective: We previously reported that near-infrared irradiation nonthermally induces long-lasting vasodilation of the subdermal plexus by causing apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells. To clarify the possible application of near-infrared irradiation to prevent skin flap necrosis, we evaluated the length of axial pattern flap survival in rats by near-infrared irradiation. Methods: A bilater...