[Reconstruction of a cheek defect in three patients]

A woman aged 62 and two men aged 52 and 26 all with a cheek defect following resection of a recurrence of a lentigo maligna, a recurrence of a basal-cell carcinoma of the wispy type and a dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans respectively, all underwent cheek reconstruction. The rotation flap technique was used in the first two patients. The third patient was treated with a cervicofacial musculocutaneous transposition flap and underwent postoperative radiotherapy due to the high risk of recurrence. All 3 patients made a good recovery. Defects after radical resection of malignant head and neck skin tumours can be treated by several reconstruction techniques depending on the site, size, and shape of the defect. A local transposition flap is the preferred method of reconstruction. It is important to respect the aesthetic units of the face in order to achieve the best aesthetic and functional results.