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M Vathulya1, D Chattopadhyay1, K Koyama2.
Abstract
Facial units reconstruction in a post burn patient poses tough challenges. Simultaneous brow and lid reconstruction is one of them. This article presents a 45-year-old epileptic male with burn of complete face. The task of reconstructing the brow, upper and lower lids was successfully accomplished using a modification of the Guyuron postauricular fasciocutaneous flap, after initial grafting and radial forearm flap reconstruction of forehead and other parts of the face. The article gives a single-stop solution for simultaneous reconstruction of brow and lids using a random pattern extension of the traditional postauricular flap, thus proving the excellent vascularity and hence durability of the flap in spite of a 180 degrees change in the orientation of the flap with respect to the axis.Entities:
Keywords: brow and lid reconstruction; postauricular flap modification; postburn face
Year: 2017 PMID: 29021728 PMCID: PMC5627553
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Burns Fire Disasters ISSN: 1592-9558