TY - JOUR AU - Wingerden, Jan AB - European Journal of Plastic Surgery (2018) 41:483–484 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-017-1385-9 SHORT COMMUNICATION 1 2 Klaas W. Marck & Jan J. van Wingerden Received: 30 October 2017 / Accepted: 5 December 2017 / Published online: 2 February 2018 Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018 Plastic and reconstructive surgery is founded on clear conceptual vascular pedicle in skin flaps, a novelty at the time. He planned his thinking about the many possible ways that tissue can be trans- cheek rotation flaps in such a way that the facial artery and vein were ferred while securing its survival. In local skin flap surgery, one of located at their base. All these considerations explain Esser’ssuc- the concepts used is the rotation flap. In 1844, J.E. Jäsche from cesses with his large cheek flaps and the impact of his book. Minsk described two curved flaps (Fig. 1) from the chin region for In the course of the twentieth century, the word Brotation^ was adopted, and in this way, Jäsche’s curvilinear Bogenschnitt became the reconstruction of a large triangular defect of the lower lip [1]. The procedure became known as the Bogenschnitt (curved inci- known as the Brotation flap^ in the reconstructive plastic surgery sion) TI - A rotation flap does not rotate JF - European Journal of Plastic Surgery DO - 10.1007/s00238-017-1385-9 DA - 2018-02-02 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/a-rotation-flap-does-not-rotate-9XBiHE0FL0 SP - 483 EP - 484 VL - 41 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -