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Local Flaps in Facial Reconstruction

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Cheek Defects

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Medial

Small

  1. 1.

    Primary closure

Medium

  1. 1.

    Island advancement flap

  2. 2.

    Laterally based rotation/transposition flap

Buccal

Small

  1. 1.

    Primary closure

Medium

  1. 1.

    Primary closure

  2. 2.

    Rhombic flap

  3. 3.

    Rotation/transposition flap (lateral)

  4. 4.

    Rotation/transposition flap (inferior)

  5. 5.

    Island advancement flap

  6. 6.

    Bilobed flap

Infraorbital

Small

  1. 1.

    Primary closure

Medium

  1. 1.

    Laterally based rotation/transposition flap

  2. 2.

    Inferiorly based rotation/ transposition flap

Zygomatic Unit

Small

  1. 1.

    Primary closure

Medium

  1. 1.

    Rhombic flap

  2. 2.

    Rotation/transposition flap

Mandibular

Small

  1. 1.

    Primary closure

Medium

  1. 1.

    Rhombic flap

  2. 2.

    Rotation/transposition flap

  3. 3.

    Bilobed flap

Lateral Unit

Small

  1. 1.

    Primary closure

Medium

  1. 1.

    Asymmetric primary closure

  2. 2.

    Rhombic flap

  3. 3.

    Rotation/transposition flap

  4. 4.

    Bilobed flap

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Ilankovan, V., Ethunandan, M., Seah, T.E. (2015). Cheek Defects. In: Local Flaps in Facial Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08479-4_10

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