March 2021: Quality of life, dermatologic surgery, and the forehead flap

In this issue of JAAD International, Felcht and Wetzig highlight that the traditional 3-4  week delay before pedicle division for the paramedian forehead flap may not be necessary in select patients.1 Dermatologic surgeons rely on staged reconstruction when approaching defects that may benefit from regional flap repairs; while nasal reconstruction with the forehead flap provides outstan ding tissue match and volume restoration, patients are sometimes reluctant to consider this repair option when faced with the prospect of caring for—and looking at—a bulky pedicle for several weeks.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: This month in Source Type: research