[Specificity of hatchet flaps in the laterofacial region]

The hatchet flap, well known for the repair after skin resection of the nasal pyramid, is adapted, in a cutaneo-aponeurotic form, to the laterofacial region. The authors describe the principle of the technique which they illustrate by several clinical cases. Its simplicity, its harmonious adaptation and its reliability led them to consider that it has a place in the therapeutic arsenal for skin repair after resection of jugal and temporo-jugal lesions.