Keystone Flap Reconstruction After Large Mohs Micrographic Surgery Defect of Basal Cell Carcinoma on the Upper Arm: A Case Report

Large defects after Mohs micrographic surgery present a reconstructive challenge. The keystone design perforator island flap has proven to be simple and effective in the repair of large skin defects after cancer removal. We present a case of such a defect on the upper arm that was successfully recon...

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Autores principales: Lockhart, Curtis, Knackstedt, Thomas, Kromer, Courtney
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9172050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35686194
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25709
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description Large defects after Mohs micrographic surgery present a reconstructive challenge. The keystone design perforator island flap has proven to be simple and effective in the repair of large skin defects after cancer removal. We present a case of such a defect on the upper arm that was successfully reconstructed with the keystone flap.
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spelling pubmed-91720502022-06-08 Keystone Flap Reconstruction After Large Mohs Micrographic Surgery Defect of Basal Cell Carcinoma on the Upper Arm: A Case Report Lockhart, Curtis Knackstedt, Thomas Kromer, Courtney Cureus Dermatology Large defects after Mohs micrographic surgery present a reconstructive challenge. The keystone design perforator island flap has proven to be simple and effective in the repair of large skin defects after cancer removal. We present a case of such a defect on the upper arm that was successfully reconstructed with the keystone flap. Cureus 2022-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9172050/ /pubmed/35686194 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25709 Text en Copyright © 2022, Lockhart et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Dermatology
Lockhart, Curtis
Knackstedt, Thomas
Kromer, Courtney
Keystone Flap Reconstruction After Large Mohs Micrographic Surgery Defect of Basal Cell Carcinoma on the Upper Arm: A Case Report
title Keystone Flap Reconstruction After Large Mohs Micrographic Surgery Defect of Basal Cell Carcinoma on the Upper Arm: A Case Report
title_full Keystone Flap Reconstruction After Large Mohs Micrographic Surgery Defect of Basal Cell Carcinoma on the Upper Arm: A Case Report
title_fullStr Keystone Flap Reconstruction After Large Mohs Micrographic Surgery Defect of Basal Cell Carcinoma on the Upper Arm: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Keystone Flap Reconstruction After Large Mohs Micrographic Surgery Defect of Basal Cell Carcinoma on the Upper Arm: A Case Report
title_short Keystone Flap Reconstruction After Large Mohs Micrographic Surgery Defect of Basal Cell Carcinoma on the Upper Arm: A Case Report
title_sort keystone flap reconstruction after large mohs micrographic surgery defect of basal cell carcinoma on the upper arm: a case report
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9172050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35686194
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25709
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