Reconstructive

201) The drawing below represents a flap designed to close a defect in the left temple. Which of the following statements is FALSE?


A. It is a O-T flap.
B. It has rotation and advancement components.
C. It is useful for defects juxtaposed to important aesthetic landmarks.
D. The advantage is a very favorable scar running parallel to relaxed skin tension lines (RSTL).
E. It will require the excision of some normal tissue adjacent to the defect.




REFERENCES & ANSWER


Park S. S.: Local and Regional Cutaneous Flaps, Chapter 44 Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Thieme Medical Publishers, second edition (Ira Papel, editor) pp.535-536, 2002

Park S. S.: Local and Regional Cutaneous Flaps, Chapter 54 in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, (Papel, editor) Thieme, Third Edition, p.p. 721-743, 2009



201) D      The advantage is a very favorable scar running parallel to relaxed skin tension lines (RSTL).