1st Edition

Making Decisions and Avoiding Complications in Skin Flaps

Edited By David H. Friedman, Payam Saadat Copyright 2012
248 Pages
by CRC Press

248 Pages
by CRC Press

With a large number of clinical photographs, Making Decisions and Avoiding Complications in Skin Flaps is an atlas intended for the surgeon who already has a grasp of the fundamentals and mechanics of flap repair, but may need additional ideas on selecting an appropriate flap for a given defect. Divided into three sections, the book begins with a section on repairs organized by location... Read more

Repairs by Location

Scalp

Temple

Forehead

Eyelids

Bridge of Nose

Dorsum of Nose

Nasal Sidewall

Nasal Tip

Nasal Ala

Cheek

Lip

Chin

Ear

Non-facial

Repairs by Flap

Advancement

Single

Double Advancement

Island Pedicle

A-to-T

Perialar Crescentic

East west

Jigsaw Puzzle

Helical Rim Advancement

Other

Rotation

Simple

O-to-Z and Square-to-Z

Helical Rim

Dorsi-nasal Flap

Other

Transposition

Rhombic

Bilobed

Meilolabial

Peng

Other

Interpolation

Meilolabial

Paramedian Forehead

Ear

Wedge Excision

Complex Closures

Suboptimal results: Avoiding Complications

Surgical Pearls

References

Index

Biography

David H. Friedman, Northridge, California; Payam Saadat Skin and Beauty Centre, Los Angeles, California.

"An atlas like this would be useful for most dermatologic surgeons as a handy reference for various options for closing an unusual defect."
—William P. Coleman, III, MD, Editor-in-Chief of Dermatologic Surgery