A NEW FLAP CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF ACROMIOTHORACIC CUTANEOUS FREE FLAP FOR REPAIR OF DEFECTS IN THE ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL REGION

Since December 1986, acromiothoracic cutaneous flap (with its blood supply from the cutaneous perforators of deltoid muscular branches of thoracoacromial vessels) has been used for repair of the defects in the oral and maxillofacial region on 7 cases. All falps in this group survived. This skin flap must be very promising with advantages of an unexposed donor site, soft in texture and color matching the face. Moreover, the operation is less traumatic. The design and essential points of preparing the flap are introduced. The indication of operation is also discussed.