Introduction The origin of forehead flaps dates back thousands of years. Practitioners in ancient India were the first known to harvest skin from the forehead to repair facial defects, mainly of the nose. Due to nasal amputation as a common…
Introduction The nose is of critical aesthetic and functional significance. Mastery of nasal reconstruction requires not only a knowledge of flaps and grafts but also an appreciation of facial aesthetics and functional rhinoplasty. A skin graft or local flap will…
Introduction Free tissue transfer offers a well-accepted, superior ability to restore form and function to certain major defects of the head and neck. Microvascular surgery provides distinct advantages for reconstruction of osseous defects of the mandible, large glossectomy defects, total…