Application of rhomboid flap for the repairment of postoperative defects in head and neck cutaneous tumor / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To summarize the clinical repairment experience of postoperative skin defects in head and neck cutaneous tumor.@*METHOD@#From July 2002 to September 2006, 24 patients with head and neck cutaneous tumor were treated in our department. Every specimen and resection margin of all cases were monitored by intraoperative frozen section. Extents of operative skin defects were from 1.0 cm x 1.5 cm to 3.0 cm x 3.5 cm, all of which were repaired by rhomboid flap.@*RESULT@#All the cases were primarily repaired, and followed up 6 month to 3 years. The repaired skins had the normal colour, without obviously scars or secondary deformations.@*CONCLUSION@#The rhomboid flap is reasonably designed, conveniently procured and manipulated. It is a better method to immediately repair the head and neck skin defects after radical excision of tumor.