Sphincter-Sparing Excision and Reconstruction Using Facial Artery Perforator Flaps for Lower Lip Carcinoma

Assessment of Local Freestyle Perforator Flaps for Face Defects Reconstruction

“…Most of our cases were above the age of 60 years. This goes well with other studies like; Aksam et al (9) and Moio et al (7) in which their age ranges were 48-82 years, and 29-84 years respectively. This confirms the fact that skin tumors occur more in the elderly patients more than 60 years old.…”

“…In the study of Lombardo et al (8) , eight cases (80%) had no complications, while only one case (10%) presented with venous congestion which improved by conservative treatment. On the other hand, in the study of Aksam et al (9) , six cases only (14.2%) underwent venous congestion which improved by heparin injection without any further surgical interventions.…”

“…As regard the patients' sex, 55.6% of our patients were males and 44.4% were females. In the study of Aksam et al (9) , 69.1% were males and 30.9% were females. Moio et al (7) operated on 58% male patients and 52% females.…”

“…Hypertension was documented in 55.6% of cases, 33.3% of them were smokers and 33.3% were diabetic. Aksam et al (9) reported that all patients had some kind of comorbidity: hypertension 28.5%, diabetes 21.4%, and smoking history 83.3%.…”