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11254421

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-20
pubmed:abstractText
We report our experience of using a forehead flap to repair the defect left by the excision of skin tumours in the medial canthal region involving both eyelids in three patients. Both eyelids and the inner canthus were reconstructed using a myofascial flap taken from the forehead, combined with septal chondro-mucosal grafts, oral mucosa and skin grafts. After a careful anatomical study of the vascularisation of the frontal region, we used only the frontal myofascial portion, a part of the forehead muscle vascularised by the deep branch of the supraorbital artery and by the supratroclear artery; the skin left behind is adequately nourished by the fine mesh of anastomoses in the area between the two supratroclear arteries, the supraorbital artery and the terminal vessels of the superficial temporal artery. The particularly thin, elastic and resistant features of this flap enabled us to repair a loss of substance in a difficult area with a successful outcome in terms of morphology, function and cosmetic appearance.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0007-1226
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 The British Association of Plastic Surgeons.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
248-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Reconstruction of the inner canthus region with a forehead muscle flap: a report on three cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Plastic Surgery and Burn Unit, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports