Journal Reviews

Reconstructing post-resective auricular defects

1 November 2017 | | Facial Plastic Surgery | Auricle, Auricular, Reconstruction, Reconstructive, Defect

The auricle is split into six specific anatomic subunits that vary in skin thickness, contour, structural integrity and the availability of healthy surrounding tissues. It is important to reconstruct an aesthetically pleasing auricle as slight deformities may be prominent. The...

Superiorly based nasolabial flaps

8 October 2014 | | Facial Plastic Surgery | Cranially based, Defect closure, Local flaps, Nasolabial flap, Paranasal defects, Periorbital defects

This interesting paper takes the common or garden nasolabial flap to new extremes. The flap is based on the contralateral superior orbital artery and behaves as an axial patterned flap as far as the alar rim, becoming a random patterned...

Nasolabial flap to reconstruct peri orbital defects

5 August 2014 | | Facial Plastic Surgery | Cranially based, Defect closure, Local flaps, Nasolabial flap, Paranasal defects, Periorbital defects

The authors present a series of 25, mainly geriatric, patients that had ablative surgery and had complex defects in the paranasal and orbital regions. The paranasal and periorbital regions are extremely important for facial aesthetics and quality of life. These...