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The dynamics of flap movement: effect of pivotal restraint on flap rotation and transposition
1Dept. of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104.
The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology
|December 1, 1987
Abstract:
Flaps that rotate or transpose around a cutaneous pedicle are restrained by the tethering effect of that base of tissue. Flap design that fails to adjust for this force may eventuate in unwanted degrees of tension and/or surrounding tissue displacement. This concept is discussed and illustrated for the rotation, rhombic, and bilobed flap.