A New Design for Forearm Skin Flaps for Areas that Do not Require Additional Grafting
Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of Mutaz B. Habal, MD..
Forearm skin flaps are widely used to reconstruct oral cancer due to their advantages, such as vascular stability, simple preparation, and a high success rate. However, traditional forearm skin flaps have shortcomings: the donor site requires grafting, which increases surgical trauma by creating a second surgical area, and the scarring at the donor site significantly affects the esthetics of the forearm. Therefore, we have designed a new ^-shaped radial forearm skin flap, in which the flap is designed as 2 semi-elliptical subunits. After the flap is harvested, these 2 subunits are joined, and the reserved skin at the donor site is directly sutured to the outer part of the donor site. The area of the ^-shaped radial forearm skin flap can be as large as that prepared with traditional forearm skin flaps, and there is no need for grafting at the donor site. This avoids additional trauma to the donor site after surgery, significantly reduces related complications, and enhances the esthetic outcome. This paper reports a case of a cheek cancer (carcinoma of the buccal mucosa) patient (T3N0M0), where the flap survived postoperatively, and both the surgical site and donor site healed in the first phase. The patient has no sensory or functional impairments; swallowing and speech functions are satisfactory.
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The Journal of craniofacial surgery - (2024) vom: 06. Feb. |
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