Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3156944 | Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 2011 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The site-limited platysma-based myocutaneous transpositional flap is usable and safe even in those cases in which circulation of the facial artery is damaged or local vascular compromise has occurred and the facial through-and-through defect is extended. The facial reconstruction described is one of several applicable reconstructive methods that may be chosen for special facial defects. The method is not applicable when the neck is radically operated on (radical neck dissection) and/or irradiated. No similar use of platysma-based transpositional flaps has been reported thus far.
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Authors
Lajos MD, DMD, PhD, József DMD, Edina DMD, Enikoâ³ MD, Gábor MD, Zoltán DMD, MD, PhD,