The Use of Bi-lobed Rotational Flap to Cover Large Body Defects: Two Clinical Cases

The bi-lobed skin rotational flaps are commonly used mainly to cover facial tissue defects on the nasal tip and dorsal side, also on head areas, where skin and surrounding tissues are tight. Recent literature shows that the bi-lobed flap is used to cover defects in other body areas as well. This rep...

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Main Author: Saulius Špokevičius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2019-12-01
Series:Lietuvos Chirurgija
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-chirurgija/article/view/16302
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spelling doaj-d7dfe99983c94edba68c09c86f79150e2020-11-25T02:40:02ZengVilnius University PressLietuvos Chirurgija1392-09951648-99422019-12-0118410.15388/LietChirur.2019.18.19The Use of Bi-lobed Rotational Flap to Cover Large Body Defects: Two Clinical CasesSaulius Špokevičius0Baltic-American Medical and Surgical Clinic, LithuaniaThe bi-lobed skin rotational flaps are commonly used mainly to cover facial tissue defects on the nasal tip and dorsal side, also on head areas, where skin and surrounding tissues are tight. Recent literature shows that the bi-lobed flap is used to cover defects in other body areas as well. This report shows two clinical cases where the bi-lobed flap was used to cover large skin and soft tissue defects after the excision of pathologically damaged skin and soft tissue lesions of the popliteal and the chest area. In both cases the recipient areas were adequately covered, and donor sites were closed primarily. https://www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-chirurgija/article/view/16302bi-lobed flaprotational flaplarge soft tissue defects
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The Use of Bi-lobed Rotational Flap to Cover Large Body Defects: Two Clinical Cases
Lietuvos Chirurgija
bi-lobed flap
rotational flap
large soft tissue defects
author_facet Saulius Špokevičius
author_sort Saulius Špokevičius
title The Use of Bi-lobed Rotational Flap to Cover Large Body Defects: Two Clinical Cases
title_short The Use of Bi-lobed Rotational Flap to Cover Large Body Defects: Two Clinical Cases
title_full The Use of Bi-lobed Rotational Flap to Cover Large Body Defects: Two Clinical Cases
title_fullStr The Use of Bi-lobed Rotational Flap to Cover Large Body Defects: Two Clinical Cases
title_full_unstemmed The Use of Bi-lobed Rotational Flap to Cover Large Body Defects: Two Clinical Cases
title_sort use of bi-lobed rotational flap to cover large body defects: two clinical cases
publisher Vilnius University Press
series Lietuvos Chirurgija
issn 1392-0995
1648-9942
publishDate 2019-12-01
description The bi-lobed skin rotational flaps are commonly used mainly to cover facial tissue defects on the nasal tip and dorsal side, also on head areas, where skin and surrounding tissues are tight. Recent literature shows that the bi-lobed flap is used to cover defects in other body areas as well. This report shows two clinical cases where the bi-lobed flap was used to cover large skin and soft tissue defects after the excision of pathologically damaged skin and soft tissue lesions of the popliteal and the chest area. In both cases the recipient areas were adequately covered, and donor sites were closed primarily.
topic bi-lobed flap
rotational flap
large soft tissue defects
url https://www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-chirurgija/article/view/16302
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