Abstract
Flaps that move about a pivot point are considered with historical and modern-day application. Rotation flaps are best designed to be large and to fit into the triangulated defect. Spare skin in the loco-regional anatomical area is exploited for this purpose. Advancement can be combined with the rotation concept of flap transfer, either as a true combined geometry or as combination flaps.
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Klaassen, M.F., Brown, E., Behan, F. (2018). Rotation Flaps. In: Simply Local Flaps. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59400-2_6
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