Evaluation of the donor site after the median forehead flap

Paramedian Forehead Flap Raised in the Base of Previously Used Median Forehead Flap Pedicle

paramedian forehead flap raised in the base of previously used median forehead flap pedicle

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Paramedian Forehead Flap Raised in the Base of Previously Used Median Forehead Flap Pedicle

Nose is the most common site of facial skin cancer because of its continuous sun exposure.1 Soft tissue tumors such as basal cell carcinoma (BCC) are the most common tumors of this region. The choice of treatment for BCC is surgical demolitions. Since these tumors grow more aggressively and are so likely to recur from the involved surgical margins, the surgery requires often wide resection of t...

The Forehead Flap

Figure 1. Preoperative aspect.

Forehead donor site full-thickness skin graft.

BACKGROUND Full-thickness skin grafts (FTSGs) are useful for reconstructing nasal defects. Traditional reported donor sites include the preauricular, postauricular, supraclavicular, clavicular, conchal bowl, melolabial fold, and upper eyelid skin. Selection of the "best" donor site is based on the "best" tissue match and ability to camouflage the donor scar. OBJECTIVE The purpose was to repor...