[The use of thin skin flap with preserved subdermal vascular network in repair of the face and neck].

Since 1989 twenty-one thin flaps with preserved subdermal vascular network of the neck, shoulder or pectoral region have been used in 18 cases with severe scar contracture of the neck. The size of the flaps ranged from 10 cm x 2 cm to 20 cm x 8 cm and the pedicles were 3.5 to 4 cm in width. Our results proved the reliability of this method. The blood supply of the flap, the design and indications of the operation are discussed.