The horn shaped fascio-cutaneous flap usage in cutaneous malignancy of the leg

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-76

  Georgeu, G A ^a,b   El Muttardi, N ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC); Fascio cutaneous flap; Full thickness graft (FTG); Horn shaped flap; Split skin graft (SSG); Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

EID: 0347029765     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Diepgen TL, Mahler V. The epidemiology of skin cancer. Br J Dermatol 2002;146(Suppl 61):1-6.
2. Roth JJ, Granick MS. Squamous cell and adnexal carcinomas of the skin. Clin Plast Surg 1997;24(4):687-703.
3. Motley R, Kersey P, Lawrence C. Multi-professional guidelines for the management of the patient with primary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Br J Dermatol 2002; 146:18-25.
4. Telfer NR, Colver GB, Bowers PW. Guidelines for the management of basal cell carcinoma. Br J Dermatol 1999; 141:415-23.
5. Fatah MF, Ward CM. The morbidity of split skin graft donor sites in the elderly: the case for mesh grafting the donor site. Br J Plast Surg 1984;37:184-90.
6. Sharpe DT, Cardoso E, Baheti V. The immediate mobilisation of patients with lower limb skin grafts: a clinical report. Br J Plast Surg 1983;36:105-8.
7. Tandon SN, Sutherland AB. Pretibial lacerations. Br J Plast Surg 1973;26:172-5.
8. Blair JW, Bainbridge LC, Knight SL. Double V-Y advancement flaps in the reconstruction of skin defects of the anterior lower limb. Br J Plast Surg 1993;46:644-6.
9. Healy C, Tiernan E, Lamberty BGH, Campbell RC. Rotation fasciocutaneous flap repair of lower leg defects. Plast Reconstr Surg 1995;95:243-51.
10. Neale HW, Stern PJ, Kreilein JG, Gregory RO, Webster KL. Complications of muscle-flap transposition for traumatic defects of the leg. Plast Reconstr Surg 1983;72(40):512-5.
11. Ponten B. The fasciocutaneous flap: its use in soft tissue defects of the lower leg. Br J Plast Surg 1981;34:215-20.
12. Hallock GG. Complications of 100 consecutive local fasciocutaneous flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg 1991;88(2):264-8.
13. Penington AJ, Malluchi P. Closure of elective skin defects in the leg with a fasciocutaneous V-Y island flap. Br J Plast Surg 1999;52:458-61.
14. O'Donnell M, Briggs PC, Condon KC. The horn flap: a curved V-Y advancement with a lateral pedicle. Br J Plast Surg 1992;45:42-3.