One muscle two functions: Reconstructing a complex facial defect and providing facial reanimation with a split functional latissimus dorsi flap

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2015 Jun;68(6):e131-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2015.02.030. Epub 2015 Mar 19.

Authors

Onur Gilleard¹, Natalie Pease², Rahul Shah², Denis Falconer³, Kallirroi Tzafetta²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery, St Andrews, Broomfield Hospital, Court Rd, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7ET, UK. Electronic address: onurgilleard@aol.com.
² Department of Plastic Surgery, St Andrews, Broomfield Hospital, Court Rd, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7ET, UK.
³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, St Andrews, Broomfield Hospital, Court Rd, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7ET, UK.

PMID: 25837161
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2015.02.030

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Cheek / pathology
Facial Paralysis / etiology
Facial Paralysis / surgery*
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / complications*
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / microbiology
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / surgery
Female
Humans
Mandible / surgery
Middle Aged
Neck / pathology
Necrosis / microbiology
Osteomyelitis / complications
Osteomyelitis / surgery
Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
Superficial Back Muscles / transplantation*
Surgical Flaps