The Infra-Auricular Full-Thickness Donor Site with V-Y Closure

The nasolabial flap is primarily used for nasal reconstruction and most frequently for full-thickness alar reconstruction due to the tissue’s location, texture, color, and bulk. The inferiorly based flap is most often used for alar reconstruction, while the superiorly based flap may also be used for nasal sidewall as well as alar reconstruction. Regardless of whether the flap will be superiorly or inferiorly based, the critical component of the patient marking is placement of the medial incision in the nasolabial or nasofacial crease. In the younger patient, consideration must be given to the donor site scar.

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Full Thickness Skin Graft for Nail Unit Reconstruction

Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) ◽

10.1016/j.jhsb.2004.11.006 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 194-198 ◽

Cited By ~ 52

Author(s):

A. LAZAR ◽

P. ABIMELEC ◽

C. DUMONTIER

Keyword(s):

Skin Graft ◽

Simple Procedure ◽

Donor Site ◽

Skin Grafting ◽

Malignant Tumour ◽

Donor Site Morbidity ◽

Full Thickness ◽

Full Thickness Skin Graft ◽

Full Thickness Skin ◽

Thickness Skin

A retrospective study of 13 patients assessed the use of a full thickness skin graft for nail unit reconstruction after total nail unit removal for nail bed malignancies. No failures of the graft were observed and no patient had recurrence of the malignant tumour at 4 year follow-up. Full thickness skin grafting is a simple procedure which provides a good cosmetic outcome and does not produce significant donor site morbidity.

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Autologous Costal Cartilage Graft—A New Method to Treat Articular Cartilage Defects: Case Report and Note of Surgical Technique

Joints ◽

10.1055/s-0039-1697609 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 06 (04) ◽

pp. 246-250

Author(s):

Antonio Gigante ◽

Marco Cianforlini ◽

Luca Farinelli ◽

Riccardo Girotto ◽

Alberto Aquili

Keyword(s):

Articular Cartilage ◽

Femoral Condyle ◽

Costal Cartilage ◽

Donor Site ◽

Standard Technique ◽

Cartilage Defects ◽

Cartilage Graft ◽

Full Thickness ◽

Articular Cartilage Defects ◽

Costal Cartilage Graft

AbstractFull-thickness articular cartilage defects do not heal spontaneously. Several techniques have been developed to address this issue, but none resulted in the restitutio ad integrum of the articular cartilage. The most frequent sites of chondral lesion in the knee are medial femoral condyle and patella. The patellofemoral lesions are characterized by outcomes that are generally worse than those of tibiofemoral ones. To date, it has been well recognized the chondrogenic potential of rib perichondrium, and costal cartilage grafts have been extensively used in reconstructive surgery. Considering the need to find a gold standard technique to restore articular defect, we developed and here described a new technique to repair cartilage lesions of the knee using autologous costal cartilage graft with its perichondrium. This innovative surgical approach can be used to treat full thickness articular defects using autologous hyaline cartilage, making it possible to cover wide defects. This one step technique is low invasive, not technically demanding with minimal donor site morbidity and it has low costs. The long-term clinical efficacy of the method remains to be evaluated.

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