Forehead Donor Site Full-Thickness Skin Graft

Dimitropoulos, Vassilios; Bichakjian, Christopher K.; Johnson, Timothy M.

doi:10.1097/00042728-200503000-00013

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“…Forehead full-thickness skin grafts can be used in certain cases and have been found to have good functional and cosmetic outcome owing to excellent tissue match. 15 The success of the graft's ''take'' depends on several factors. Vascularity of the defect is crucial and dependent on underlying viable muscle, fascia, perichondrium, or periosteum.…”

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Aesthetic Repair of Small to Medium-Sized Nasal Defects

Shah¹,

Zoumalan²,

Constantinides³

2008

Facial plast Surg

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Reconstruction of small and medium-sized defects of the nose poses a challenge to the facial plastic surgeon. Flaps for small to medium-sized defects most often are closed in single-staged procedures as opposed to larger-sized defects. A variety of techniques can be used including secondary intention, primary closure, full-thickness skin grafts, composite grafts, rhomboid flaps, bilobe flaps, dorsal nasal flaps, island flaps, and inferiorly based meliolabial flaps.

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Section: Skin Graftsmentioning

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Aesthetic Repair of Small to Medium-Sized Nasal Defects

Shah¹,

Zoumalan²,

Constantinides³

2008

Facial plast Surg

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“…These defects rarely encompass greater than 50 percent of aesthetic subunits and are best treated as defect-only reconstructions. 3 Such defects can be successfully and reliably treated with well-applied full-thickness skin grafting from the preauricular or more preferential forehead donor site.…”

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Lower Third Nasal Reconstruction: When Is Skin Grafting an Appropriate Option?

McCluskey

Constantine

Thornton

2009

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

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Under certain conditions, skin grafting of defects of the caudal third of the nose offers a viable reconstructive option that yields good contour and color match. Careful analysis of defect size, location, and depth and consideration of donor-site skin thickness and pigmentation are vital for accurate replacement of the thick, pitted, sebaceous skin of the caudal nose. An evolution in technique has revealed that the forehead donor skin often provides a more consistent color and contour match in such reconstructions. Secondary dermabrasion of the graft provides a critical step for obtaining final aesthetic contour and color.

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“…After analyzing the defect and creating a like-sized template, the appropriate donor site must be selected based on texture, thickness, color, and tendency toward hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation. Much of our current knowledge of donor-site characteristics comes from the dermatology literature (Dimitropolous et al, 2005). Preauricular and, more preferably, forehead skin are the favored candidates for lower third nasal reconstruction.…”

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“…In many cases of lower third nasal reconstruction, particularly those arising from excision of neoplasms by means of Mohs' micrographic surgery, the defects are shallow and measure less than 1 cm in diameter. These defects rarely encompass greater than 50 percent of aesthetic subunits and are best treated as defect-only reconstructions (Dimitropolous et al, 2005). Such defects can be successfully and reliably treated with well-applied full-thickness skin grafting from the preauricular or more preferential forehead donor site.…”

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