A new approach to retroauricular flap transfer: Parietal branch-based reverse flow superior auricular artery island flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 380-383

  Kilinç, Hidir ^a   Bilen, Bilge Turk ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Parietal branch; Periorbital defect; Retroauricular; Reverse flow; Superficial temporal artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTHETICS; EYELID MALFORMATION; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREHEAD DEFORMITY; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; OCCIPITAL ARTERY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROAURICULAR ISLAND FLAP; SKIN NECROSIS; SUPERFICIAL AURICULAR ARTERY ISLAND FLAP; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN CONGESTION; VEIN DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PARIETAL BONE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 33645396227     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000202147.15402.50     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Pinho C, Choupina M, Silva P, et al. A new retroauricular flap for facial reconstruction. Br J Plast Surg. 2003;56:599-602.
2. Guyuron B. Retroauricular island flap for eye socket reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1985;76:527-530.
3. Song R, Song Y, Qi K, et al. The superior auricular artery and retroauricular arterial island flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1996;98:657-667.
4. Kobayashi S. The superior auricular artery and retroauricular arterial island flaps (invited commentary). Plast Reconstr Surg. 1996;98:668-670.
5. Kobayashi S, Yoza S, Kakibuchi M, et al. Retroauricular hairline flap transfer to the face. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1995;96:42-47.
6. Kobayashi S, Nagase T, Ohmori K. Colour Doppler flow imaging of postauricular arteries and veins. Br J Plast Surg. 1997;50:172-175.
7. Yotsugayanagi T, Watanabe Y, Yamashita K, et al. Retroauricular flap: its clinical application and safety. Br J Plast Surg. 2001;54:12-19.
8. Özdemir R, Sungur N, Şensöz Ö, et al. Reconstruction of facial defects with superficial temporal artery island flaps: a donor site with various alternatives. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2002;109:1528-1535.
9. Orticochea M. A new method for total reconstruction of the nose: the ears as donor areas. Br J Plast Surg. 1971;24:225-232.
10. Washio H. Retroauricular temporal flap. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1969;43: 162-166.
11. van der Meulen JC. Retroauricular island flap for eye socket reconstruction (invited commentary). Plast Reconstr Surg. 1985;76:530-533.
12. Hauseman ND, Taylor GI, Pan WR. The angiosomes of the head and neck: anatomic study and clinical applications. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2000;105:2287-2313.
13. Abul-Hassan HS, Ascher GVD, Acland RD. Surgical anatomy and blood supply of the fascial layer of the temporal region. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1986;77:17-24.
14. Pascone M, Papa G. The reverse auricular flap for the reconstruction of extended defects of the lower eyelid. Br J Plast Surg. 2005;58:806-811.
15. Moschella F, Cordova A, Pirello R, et al. The supra-auricular arterial network: anatomical basis for the use of superior pedicle retro-auricular skin flaps. Surg Radiol Anat. 2003;24:343-347.
16. Nakajima H, Imanishi N, Minabe T. The arterial anatomy of the temporal region and the vascular basis of various temporal flaps. Br J Plast Surg. 1995;48:439-450.
17. van der Meulen JC. Reconstruction of a socket using a retroauricular temporal flap. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1985;75:112-114.