Upper forehead skin reconstruction with h-flap. 2013

Ali Ebrahimi, and Nasrin Nejadsarvari
Departement of Plastic Surgery and Trauma Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

BACKGROUND There are several options for forehead defect's reconstructions, including different local flaps, regional flaps, free flaps and skin grafts. We used double opposing rectangular advancement flaps (H-flap) in the upper forehead defects. METHODS This is a prospective case series study that has done in Plastic surgery ward. Of the 10 patients, six were women and four were men, their median age was 61 years (range 50-79 years). Mean follow-up of patients were 15 months and there was no recurrence during this time. We reconstructed forehead after excision of tumours in the same operation. RESULTS Aesthetic results of H-flap in all cases were great with patient satisfaction according to questionnaire sheets. CONCLUSIONS This local flap is a reliable and safe way for upper forehead defects up to 6 cm lengths. Long-term follow up showed inconspicuous scars and good texture and colour match of the reconstructed forehead. We recommend this flap for upper forehead reconstruction in defects between 4 cm and 6 cm. Directions of incisions are parallel to resting skin tension line and length to width of flap considered 2:1 with excision of burrow triangle from both side. We used silicon sheet post operatively for 3 months for better aesthetic results.

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