Publication details
Reconstruction of Defects with Forehead Flap
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | Nose amputation was a common form of punishment in ancient India, where the caste of potters developed and improved the principle of nose reconstruction with a flap from the forehead. The actual spread of this method started only after the article of Carpue in the 19th century, who tried this method on 2 patients, after reading about it in a Gentlemen magazine from London. Traditionally has been used two stage nose reconstruction. Millard in 1974 proposed three stage concept of reconstruction, where he introduced another stage between transfer and division of the pedicle after 3 weeks, during which the thick skin at the tip of the nose was again reduced. This procedure was further modified by Burget and Menick who did not perform any initial thinning of the distal part of the flap, but all thinning was only performed after 3 weeks in the 2nd stage. The goal of this presentation is to evaluate the results of nose reconstruction with forehead flap at the Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery in Brno and to demonstrate each technical finesses during construction of this flap. |