Donor area morbidity after flaps: clinical applications of the superficial temporal fascial flap |
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| Authors: | C. Heitmann G. Felmerer G. Ingianni |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Burn Center, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Ludwig Guttmannstrasse 13, 67071 Ludwigshafen, Germany, DE;(2) Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University of Düsseldorf and University of Witten Herdecke, Germany, DE |
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| Abstract: | Ten cases of the superficial temporal fascial flap (STFF) are presented. The indications for the STFF were ear reconstruction, maxillofacial injuries and malformations, and a chronic ulcer above the Achilles tendon. Nine pedicled and one free STFF were used. The flap size was up to a maximum of 12 cm in length and 8 cm in width. There was little aesthetic and no functional impairment at the donor site. There is no doubt that too little attention has been paid to the STFF in the past. 15 February 1998 / Accepted: 27 November 1998 |
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| Keywords: | Donor site morbidity Temporal flap Free flap Pedicled flap |
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