TY - JOUR
T1 - Two-lobed advancement flap for cutaneous helical rim defects
AU - Alam, Murad
AU - Goldberg, Leonard H.
PY - 2003/10/1
Y1 - 2003/10/1
N2 - BACKGROUND. Bilobed flaps, transposition repairs used primarily on the nose, recruit tissue from an area of laxity via rotational motion. A variant of the bilobe, the two-lobed flap based on the W-plasty, is a transposition flap that shifts tissue predominantly via advancement. OBJECTIVE. To apply the two-lobed advancement flap to the problem of reconstructing cutaneous helical rim defects of the ear. METHODS. Helical two-lobed advancement flaps were designed and implemented to correct small- to medium-sized defects. RESULTS. The ear helix was successfully repaired with two-lobed advancement flaps. There was minimal distortion of the ear architecture or cartilage, and blood supply was sufficient to ensure flap viability. CONCLUSIONS. In selected cases, cutaneous helical rim defects of the ear can be aesthetically repaired with a two-lobed advancement flap derived from the posterior auricular surface.
AB - BACKGROUND. Bilobed flaps, transposition repairs used primarily on the nose, recruit tissue from an area of laxity via rotational motion. A variant of the bilobe, the two-lobed flap based on the W-plasty, is a transposition flap that shifts tissue predominantly via advancement. OBJECTIVE. To apply the two-lobed advancement flap to the problem of reconstructing cutaneous helical rim defects of the ear. METHODS. Helical two-lobed advancement flaps were designed and implemented to correct small- to medium-sized defects. RESULTS. The ear helix was successfully repaired with two-lobed advancement flaps. There was minimal distortion of the ear architecture or cartilage, and blood supply was sufficient to ensure flap viability. CONCLUSIONS. In selected cases, cutaneous helical rim defects of the ear can be aesthetically repaired with a two-lobed advancement flap derived from the posterior auricular surface.
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29298.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29298.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 12974702
AN - SCOPUS:0141619238
VL - 29
SP - 1044
EP - 1049
JO - Dermatologic Surgery
JF - Dermatologic Surgery
SN - 1076-0512
IS - 10
ER -