A Double-Lobe Flap Design Combined Nasolabial Advancement and Infraorbital Rotation for Reconstruction of Infraorbital Defect

J Craniofac Surg. 2016 Jun;27(4):e389-90. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000002654.

Abstract

Various adjacent flaps have been designed to close infraorbital defect, and each of them is trying to get an aesthetic outcome and meanwhile circumvent eyelid retraction, ectropion, and functional disability. Here, the authors report an adjacent double-lobe flap, which took advantage of nasolabial advancement and infraorbital rotation of the 2 lobes, combinatorially closed a pentagon infraorbital defect by removal of 2 small skin paddles as donor sites, and finally yielded an acceptable aesthetic and functional outcome. This flap may be a new option for closure of polygon infraorbital defects.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ectropion / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nose / surgery*
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
  • Rotation
  • Skin Transplantation / methods*
  • Surgical Flaps*