Christopher Thompson

ST5 Specialist Registrar

BSc(Hons) MBChB, MRCSEd, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Victoria Hospital, Fife, UK.

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Photo showing good marginal clearance and aesthetic reconstruction usually requires excision of the whole alar subunit

Random-pattern skin flaps: part 4 - transposition flaps

2 September 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus

In the final part of our series on local skin flaps (see Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3) in ENT, the authors describe the usefulness of the transposition-type flap and highlight some examples. Rotational advancement flap Useful for defects...

The flap lobes and their apposing surfaces are undermined deeply to provide adequate closure - photo image.

Random-pattern skin flaps: part 3 - Z-plasty flaps

3 May 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck

In this third (see Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 4 here) of four articles outlining, in some detail, the practical steps for some important local skin flaps, Christopher Thompson and Miles Bannister describe the Z-plasty; a very...

Photo showing dimensions of the first lobe are approximately equal to that of the defect, whereas the second lobe may need to be up to twice as long, though half as wide.

Random-pattern skin flaps: part 2 - rhomboid and bilobed flaps

5 January 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck

In the second of our series on local skin flaps (see Part 1 here, Part 3 here and Part 4 here), the authors describe more techniques and examples of various skin flaps that trainees should find very interesting. Rhomboid flap...

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