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Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery Volume 50, 2016 - Issue 3
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Aesthetic closure of the donor site of a radial forearm free flap with two local curved skin grafts

Soung Min KimDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;
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Jung Min ParkDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;
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Hoon Joo YangDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;
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Hoon MyoungDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;
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Suk Keun LeeDepartment of Oral Pathology, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Korea
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Jong Ho LeeDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea; Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 184-186 | Received 01 Dec 2010, Accepted 01 Dec 2011, Published online: 21 Mar 2016
 
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Abstract

The authors have designed an aesthetic and effective coverage technique using local curved skin grafts along with vascular pedicles without additional skin incisions to solve the disadvantages of skin coverage problem of donor site defect after radial forearm free flap (RFFF) harvesting. This has, to the authors’ knowledge, not been previously described.

Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2010–001 2214), and by the Ministry of Health & Welfare (A110 405).

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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