TY - JOUR
AU - Choi, Y. S.
AB - CPD � Therapeutic vignette CED Clinical and Experimental Dermatology Comet flap for the repair of large surgical defects of the face and scalp 1 2 2 2 D. B. Lee, J. Y. Seong, H. S. Suh and Y. S. Choi 1 2 Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Dermatology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea doi: 10.1111/ced.12638 Repairing large surgical defects on the face and defect. The tip of the rotation flap was sutured into scalp, where cosmetics and maintenance of normal the distal end of the primary closure, creating a smal- functions are important, is a challenge for a derma- ler secondary defect. The remaining primary and sec- tological surgeon. There are many reconstructive ondary defects were closed using the ‘rule of halves’ options available, including a number of local flap (Fig. 1a–d). techniques and full and split-thickness grafts, but However, 2 of the 17 defects located on the scalp 1,2 many provide unsatisfactory results. One such were not appropriate for the ordinary comet flap, technique, the comet flap (also called the dog-ear because of the unique characteristics of scalp, includ- rotation flap) is a combination 
TI - Comet flap for the repair of large surgical defects of the face and scalp
JO - Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
DO - 10.1111/ced.12638
DA - 2015-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/comet-flap-for-the-repair-of-large-surgical-defects-of-the-face-and-RzhEfDB6N3
SP - 708
EP - 710
VL - 40
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -