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Reconstruction of Lower Face with Submental Artery Perforator Flap

  • Song, Jung-Kook (Department of Preventive Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kang, Jae Kyoung (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Jeju National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Shinn, Myoung Soo (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Jeju National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Yun, Byung Min (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Jeju National University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2014.03.27
  • Accepted : 2014.04.24
  • Published : 2014.05.30
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Abstract

A submental artery perforator flap was applied to the defect site after surgical excision of basal cell carcinoma on the right lower face. Three points were beneficial: it was perfect for assuring the safe margin of the mandibular branch of the facial nerve as well as intact platysma muscle, functionally; harvesting the flap was much easier than that of submental artery flap, surgically; and the color and contour were well matched aesthetically.

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