[Application of adjacent micro flap in the repair of skin defect in head and face].

Objective

The aim of this study is to sum up the different surgical repair methods and techniques for the skin defect of head and face.Method:A retrospective study on 97 cases of the face and head skin defect caused by trauma and tumor resection in nearly five years, including 37 cases on nasal, 21 cases on cheek, 9 cases on frontal, 13 cases on temporal, and 17 cases on ear. After resecting skin lesion in security boundary, skin defect were repaired by transposition adjacent flap, zone vascular pedicle flap, myocutaneous flap and the mucosal flap.Result:Seventy-one cases of the postoperative flap healed and stitches discharged in a week; 24 cases of flap edge small necrosis in small, one flap occurred most necrosis, and one skin flap occurred infection and necrosis.

Conclusion

Facial skin defect can be repaired primarily by various types of micro adjacent flap. Flap survival is closely related to surgical techniques and postoperative treatment. Retroauricular groove flap has been widely used to repair skin defect of multiple regions for ear.