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Simplifying Forehead and Temple Reconstruction
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: Received: 5 August 2023 / Approved: 7 August 2023 / Online: 8 August 2023 (02:51:03 CEST)
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Redondo, P. Simplifying Forehead and Temple Reconstruction: A Narrative Review. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 5399. Redondo, P. Simplifying Forehead and Temple Reconstruction: A Narrative Review. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 5399.
Abstract
The forehead and temporal region are a frequent area of skin cancer development. After tumor removal, reconstruction must be performed maintaining the frontal-temporal line of the scalp and the symmetry of the eyebrows, trying to hide the scars in these marks or in natural folds and wrinkles. Second wound healing and skin grafts generally do not produce an acceptable cosmetic result. When direct closure is not possible, the technique of choice is skin flaps. In the midfrontal line, continuation of the glabella, there is a remnant of skin to be used as a donor area for local flaps; similarly, it occurs in the preauricular cheek, which can move towards the temple. In addition to the classic advancement and rotation flaps, the frontalis myocutaneous transposition flap is an excellent technique for closing defects which are wider than higher on the forehead. Its design is very versatile and can be done between the two pupil lines at different heights depending on the location of the defect. On the other hand, the preauricular skin advancement flap with an infralobular Burow's triangle is also an excellent option for reconstructing tumors in the temporal area.
Keywords
forehead; temple reconstruction; frontalis myocutaneous trasposition flap; preauricular skin advancement flap; glabela; eyebrows
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Dermatology
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