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ArgentinaBuilding,16thfloor,AlaA,228PraiadoBotafogo, RiodeJaneiro22250-040Brazil, +55213736-3631 Coverdesign:ThiemePublishingGroup TypesettingbyprimustypeRobertHurlerGmbH, Notzingen,Germany Thisbook,includingallpartsthereof,islegallyprotectedby PrintedinGermanybyAprintaDruck,Wemding copyright.Anyuse,exploitation,orcommercializationout- sidethenarrowlimitssetbycopyrightlegislation,without thepublisher’sconsent,isillegalandliabletoprosecution. ISBN978-3-13-129642-9 Thisappliesinparticulartophotostatreproduction,copy- ing, mimeographing, preparation of microfilms, and elec- Alsoavailableasane-book: tronicdataprocessingandstorage. eISBN978-3-13-169632-8 54321 V Contents Forewordtothe2ndEdition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XIII Prefacetothe2ndEdition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XV Forewordtothe1stEdition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XIV Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XVI I Anatomy,PrinciplesofFacialSurgery,andCoverageofDefects 1 AnatomyoftheSkinandSkinFlaps . . . . . . . 3 TumorResectionwithHistologicControl TheSkin(Fig.1.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (Fig.2.21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 TypesofSkinFlaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FreeSkinGrafts(Fig.2.22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 RandomPatternFlaps(Fig.1.2) ........... 4 CompositeGrafts(Fig.2.23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 AxialPatternFlaps(Fig.1.3) .............. 4 CartilagenousandCompositeGrafts IslandFlaps(Fig.1.4)..................... 4 forAuricularandNasalReconstruction . 17 MyocutaneousIslandFlaps GraftNomenclature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 (Fig.1.5;seealsoFig.12.1)............. 4 3 CoverageofDefects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 NeurovascularIslandFlaps ............ 4 LocalFlaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2 BasicPrinciplesofFacialSurgery . . . . . . . . . . 5 AdvancementFlaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 SutureMaterialsandTechniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 AdvancementFlap BasicInstrumentSetforReconstructive ofBurow(1855)(Fig.3.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 FacialPlasticSurgery(Fig.2.7)............... 6 Burow’sU-Advancement(Figs.3.2–3.7) 21 TheBinocularLoupe(Fig.2.7c)............ 6 V-YandV-Y-SAdvancementofArgamaso Additionalinstruments:............... 6 (1974)(Figs.3.8–3.10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 WoundManagement,RepairofSmall FlapswithoutContinousEpithelial Defects,andScarRevision ................... 9 Coverage(Rettinger1996a,b).......... 22 RelaxedSkinTensionLines,VascularSupply SlidingFlap(Figs.3.11–3.14) . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 (Fig.2.8i),and“EstheticUnits”(Fig.2.20) . . . . . . . 9 PedicledFlaps................................. 24 WoundManagement,RepairofSmallDefects, TranspositionFlap(Fig.3.15) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 andScarRevision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 RotationFlap(Fig.3.19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 ManagementofWoundswith BilobedFlap(Fig.3.22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 TraumaticTattooing.......................... 9 RhomboidFlap(Figs.3.24–3.27) . . . . . . . . 27 ScarRevisionbyW-Plastyandthe TurnoverFlap(Fig.3.28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Broken-LineTechniqueofWebster(1969) TubedPedicleFlap(BipedicleFlap) (Fig.2.8a–j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 (Fig.3.29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 SmallExcisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 DistantFlaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Z-Plasty(Figs.2.15and2.16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 DistantTubedPedicleFlap................... 28 PostoperativeTreatmentofScars . . . . . . . . . . . 14 MyocutaneousandMyofascialFlaps EstheticUnitsoftheFace(Fig.2.20) . . . . . . . . 14 (seeFigs.12.1–12.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 VI Contents SpecialPart II CoverageofDefectsinSpecificFacialRegions 4 ForeheadRegion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 LoweringtheAlarRimasaFull-Thickness MedianForeheadRegion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 BipedicleFlapandwithaCompositeGraft Wedge-ShapedDefects(Fig.4.1) ....... 33 (Fig.5.38)............................ 51 H-Flap(Fig.4.2).......................... 33 TurnoverFlapandCompositeGraft (Lexer1931,modifiedby DoubleRotationFlap(Fig.4.3) ......... 34 Kastenbauer1977).................... 53 LateralForeheadDefects(Fig.4.5)...... 34 ConvertingaPeripheraltoaCentral 5 NasalRegion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Defect(Haas1991)andReconstructingthe GlabellaandNasalRoot(Figs.5.1–5.9)........ 35 AlarRimwithaTranspositionFlap U-AdvancementFlapofBurow(Fig.5.1) ... 35 (Fig.5.40)............................ 53 V-YAdvancement Wedge-ShapedDefectintheAlarRim (Fig.5.2;seealsoFigs.3.8–3.10)........... 35 (Fig.5.41)............................ 55 SlidingFlap(Fig.5.7)..................... 37 NelatonFlap(NasolabialFlap)(Fig.5.42) 55 NasalDorsum(Figs.5.8–5.12)................ 38 SlidingFlapofBarronandEmmett(1965) BilobedFlap(Fig.5.8)..................... 38 andLejour(1972)fromtheNasolabial IslandFlap(Fig.5.9)...................... 39 Fold(Fig.5.44)........................ 57 RiegerFlap(Fig.5.10) .................... 39 In-and-OutFlapofPeers(1967)(Fig.5.45) 57 NasolabialFlap(Fig.5.11)................. 41 MedianForeheadFlap(seeFigs.5.15and 5.51)................................. 57 MedianForeheadFlap(Fig.5.12).......... 41 BilobedFlapfromtheCheek NasalTip(Figs.5.13–5.17) ................ 41 (Weerda1983c)(Fig.5.46)............. 57 BilobedFlap(Fig.5.13) ................... 41 LargeDefectsoftheLateralNose V-YAdvancementFlapofRieger(1957) (Figs.5.47and5.48)................... 57 (Fig.5.14) ............................... 42 MedianandParamedianForeheadFlap TheColumella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 (Fig.5.15)............................... 42 NelatonFlap(Fig.5.49)................... 60 LargerDefectsoftheNasalTipandAla . . . . . . . . 44 FrontotemporalFlapofSchmidandMeyer FrontotemporalFlapofSchmidandMeyer (1964).......................................... 60 (Figs.5.17and5.18)...................... 44 CompositeGraft(Fig.5.50)................ 60 NasalFlank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 PartialandTotalNasal FlapAdvancementofBurow(1855)(Fig.5.22) 47 Reconstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 MedianCheekRotationofSercerand ConverseScalpingFlap Mündich(1962)(Fig.5.23)................ 47 (Forehead-ScalpFlap)(Fig.5.52)........... 61 Burow’sLaterallyBasedCheek TotalNasalReconstructionwiththeSickle AdvancementFlap Flap(Farrior1974)(Fig.5.53).............. 65 (Fig.5.24;seealsoFig.3.1)................ 48 Three-StageReconstructionofTotalNasal Imre’sCheekRotation(1928)(Fig.5.25).... 48 Defects(afterBurgetandMenick1994 . . . . . 66 CheekU-Flap(Fig.5.26) .................. 48 MedianForeheadFlapwithSoft-Tissue IslandFlap(Fig.5.32)..................... 50 Expansion(Fig.5.55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 SlidingFlap(Fig.5.33).................... 51 NasalReconstructionwithDistantFlaps.... 74 NasalAla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 PerforationsoftheSeptum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Full-ThicknessReconstructions ............. 51 SmallPerforations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Z-PlastyofDenonvilliersand LargeDefects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Joseph(1931)(Fig.5.34)............... 51 OralMucosalFlapofMeyer(1988) AnteriorlyBasedAlarRotation (Fig.5.59b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 (Weerda1984)(Fig.5.35).............. 51 NasolabialFlapofTipton(1975)(Fig.5.60) 75 ModificationoftheAnteriorlyBased BipedicleFlapofSchultz-Coulon(1989) AlarRotation......................... 51 (Fig.5.61) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 CoveragewithaTranspositionFlap..... 51 Contents VII 6 TheLips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 BilobedEstlanderFlap(Fig.6.41)....... 99 MucosalDefects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 VermilionReconstructionbytheMethod Wedge-ShapedDefects(Fig.6.1).......... 77 ofvonLangenbeck(1855)(Fig.6.42).... 99 LargeSuperficialDefects(Fig.6.2)......... 77 TongueFlap(Fig.6.43)................. 99 UpperLip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 BrownModificationoftheEstlanderFlap MedianDeficiency(Fig.6.3) .............. 78 (1928)(Fig.6.44) ..................... 102 ThinUpperLip(Figs.6.4–6.6) ............. 78 UnilateralorBilateralGilliesFanFlap ThinUpperLipandFullLowerLip(Fig.6.7) 79 (1957)(Fig.6.45e–j)...................102 MedianScarsandUpperLipDefects ........ 81 UniversalMethodofBernard(1852), ScarRevisions................................. 82 Grimm(1966),andFries(1971) SmallContractures(Fig.6.11).......... 82 (Fig.6.46;unilateralorbilateral) ....... 104 LargerContractures................... 82 ReconstructionoftheLateralLip LargerScarContracturesCausingLip andCommissure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Retraction(Figs.6.12and6.13)......... 83 Burow’sMethodofReconstructingthe DefectsintheNasalFloorand LateralUpperLip(1855)(Fig.6.48) ........ 106 UpperLip...................................... 83 ReconstructionoftheCommissurebythe TranspositionFlapfromtheNasolabialFold MethodofRehn(1933),asModifiedbyFries (Fig.6.14)............................ 83 (1971)andBrusati(1979)(Fig.6.50)........ 106 BilobedFlap(Fig.6.15)................ 84 ReconstructionofLargeCommissural NeurovascularIslandFlapfromtheLower Defects(Fig.6.51)........................ 107 Cheek(afterWeerda1980dFigs.6.19and VermilionDefects............................. 108 6.28)................................. 87 VermilionAdvancementof CentralDefectsoftheUpperLip Goldstein(1990)(Fig.6.52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 (Fig.6.20)............................ 87 CombinedReconstructionoftheLowerPart CelsusMethodCombinedwithanAbbéFlap oftheFace(LowerLip,Cheek,Chin,Middle (Fig.6.21;seealsoFigs.6.20and6.22).. 87 PartoftheMandible)(Fig.6.53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 ClassicReconstructiveTechniquesinthe ElongationoftheOralFissure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 UpperLip...................................... 88 MethodofConverse(1959)(Weerda1983) AbbéFlap(1898,reprinted1968) (Fig.6.54) ............................... 110 (Fig.6.22)............................ 88 MethodofConverse(1977)(Fig.6.55)...... 110 EstlanderFlap(1872)(Figs.6.24;6.40).. 90 MethodofGanzer(1921)(Fig.6.56)........ 111 UpperLipReconstructionwithaRotation MethodofGilliesandMillard(1957) Flap(Blasius1840)(Fig.6.25).......... 90 (Fig.6.57) ............................... 111 GilliesFanFlap(1976)(Fig.6.27)....... 92 7 TheChin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 NeurovascularSkin–Muscle–Mucosal CoverageofSmallDefectsintheChinArea . . . . 113 FlapofWeerda(1980d,1990) AdvancementFlap(Fig.7.1)............... 113 (Figs.6.19and6.28)................... 92 BilobedFlap(Fig.7.2a,b) ................. 113 CombinedDefectRepairoftheAla, Columella,Cheek,andUpperLip 8 TheCheek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 (Fig.6.29)............................ 93 MedialCheekDefects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 LowerLip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 UpperMedialCheek.......................... 115 ScarContracturesandSmallDefects........ 94 EsserCheekRotation(1918)(Fig.8.1)... 115 SmallContractures(Figs.6.30and6.31) 94 CheekReconstructionCombiningthe LargerContractures................... 94 MethodsofEsser(1918)andImre(1928) SmallDefects......................... 94 (Weerda1980)(Fig.8.2).................. 116 LipReduction......................... 94 SmallCheekDefects................... 117 SlidingFlapsintheVermilion.......... 94 ImreCheekAdvancementFlap(After ClassicLowerLipReconstructions........... 96 HaasandMeyer1973,modified) WedgeExcision....................... 96 (Figs.8.4and8.5) ..................... 117 EstlanderFlap(1872)(Fig.6.40)........ 98 DefectintheMedialCanthus(Fig.8.6).. 117 VIII Contents Mid-AnteriorCheek(Fig.8.7) ................ 118 10 TheAuricularRegion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 PedicledBilobedFlaps........................ 118 Classification(Table10.1)andEstheticUnits LargeInferiorly/AnteriorlyBasedBilobed (Fig.10.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Flap(Fig.8.8)............................ 118 CentralDefects:RecommendedDefectCoverage V-YAdvancement............................. 119 (Fig.10.2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 UpperandPosteriorCheek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 ConchalDefects............................... 137 TrilobedFlapofWeerda(1979)(Fig.8.10).. 120 ReconstructionwithaFull-thickness BilobedFlap(Fig.8.11) ................... 120 SkinGraft(Fig.10.3) .................. 137 LateralCheekDefects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 TranspositionFlapandU-shapedAdvance- SmallLateralCheekDefects.................. 121 ment(Fig.10.4)....................... 137 SmallPreauricularDefects................... 122 ReconstructionwithIslandFlaps SimpleSkinAdvancementandRotation (Figs.10.5–10.7)...................... 137 (Burow‘sMethod)(Fig.8.17a–d)........... 122 DefectsoftheAntihelixandCombinedCentral OpposingTranspositionFlaps(Fig.8.18)... 122 Defects(Figs.10.8and10.9).................. 140 LargeDefectsInvolvingtheAuricle ......... 124 ConverseandBrent’s(1977) LateralCheekRotationofWeerda(1980c) Three-stageReconstructionof (Figs.8.20and8.21)...................... 125 Full-ThicknessDefectsoftheAntihelix PedicledTranspositionFlaps (Fig.10.10)........................... 140 (Figs.8.22and8.23)...................... 125 SuperiorlyorInferiorlyBased PreauricularHairLoss(Fig.8.24).......... 126 TranspositionFlap(Fig.10.11) ......... 140 InferiorlyBasedRetroauricularTransposition U-shapedAdvancementFlapofGingrass flap(Weerda1978b)(Fig.8.25)............ 126 andPickrell(1968)(Fig.10.12) ........ 142 LargeBilobedFlapfromtheNeck(Weerda Weerda’sReconstructionwitha 1980b)(Fig.8.26)......................... 127 TranspositionFlapandTemporary RepositioningoftheHelix(Fig.10.13) .. 143 9 TheEyelids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Weerda’sBilobedFlapasaTransposition– UpperEyelid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 RotationFlap(Fig.10.14).............. 144 DirectClosure(Fig.9.1)................... 129 Weerda’sScaphalReconstructionwitha SemicircularFlapClosureofBeyer-Machule U-shapedAdvancementFlap(Fig.10.15) 144 andRiedel(1993)(Fig.9.2)................ 129 Tebbetts’(1982)SuperiorlyBased, SwitchFlap(Fig.9.3) ..................... 130 PreauricularFlapforthe UpperEyelidReconstructionofFrickeand TriangularFossa(Fig.10.16) ........... 144 Kreibig(Fig.9.4) ......................... 130 Mellette’s(1991)PreauricularFlapBased BilobedFlap(Fig.9.5)..................... 131 SuperiorlyontheHelicalCrus(Fig.10.17)145 TotalUpperLidReconstructionbytheTwo- SubcutaneousPedicleFlapofBarronand StageMustardéTechnique(Beyer-Machule Emmett(1965)(Fig.10.18) ............ 146 andRiedel1993)(Fig.9.6) ................ 131 InferiorlyBasedPreauricularFlap ReconstructionoftheLowerEyelid . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 (Fig.10.19)........................... 146 ReconstructionofSmallDefectsintheLower PeripheralDefects(Fig.10.20) ............... 147 Eyelid.......................................... 132 HelixReconstructionwithAuricular LargeDefects(Figs.9.6and9.7)........... 132 Reduction ..................................... 147 ReconstructionoftheLowerLidwith SimpleWedgeExcisions(Fig.10.21).... 148 Ectropion...................................... WedgeExcisionand ............................................133 Burow’sTriangles(Fig.10.22a–j) ....... 148 TranspositionFlap(Figs.9.8and9.9).... 133 Gersuny’s(1903)TechniqueofDefect TotalLowerLidReconstruction ClosurebyTranspositionoftheHelix (Figs.9.11and9.12)................... 133 (Fig.10.23)........................... 148 ReconstructionoftheMedialCanthus (Figs.9.13and9.14;seealsoFigs.5.2–5.7)..... 134 ModificationoftheGersunyTechniqueby WeerdaandZöllner(1986)(Fig.10.24) . 150