Twenty-five years of experience with the submental flap in facial reconstruction: Evolution and technical refinements following 311 cases in Europe and Africa

Article Article scientifique Article Twenty-five years of experience with the submental flap in facial reconstruction: Evolution and technical refinements following 311 cases in Europe and Africa eng 2019 author Bertrand Baptiste author Honeyman Calum Sinclair author Emparanza Angel author McGurk Mark author Hamady Issa Elh Ousmane author Schmidt Andreas author Sinna Raphael author Pittet Cuenod Brigitte Maud 114581 author Zwetyenga Narcisse author Martin Dominique 74743 1747-1758 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005678 30907816 1529-4242 The submental flap is a pedicled island flap with excellent colour match for facial reconstruction. The flap can be raised with muscle, submandibular gland or bone and can be transposed to reach defects up to two thirds of the face. We report the primary author's experience of 25 years using the submental flap from its original description to most recent technical evolutions in both Europe and Africa. Dewey 617 57 Département de chirurgie 222 false 72 Groupe Pittet Cuenod Brigitte (chirurgie plastique et reconstructive) 96 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 143 6 21979847-0c10-467f-9184-fb4e725c190c Article (Accepted version) Public 00006534-900000000-97583.pdf 1926655 application/pdf Restricted 2019-11-28 ce3d76e5-0f45-4860-af0f-d200199a0c49 Article (Published version) Restricted Twenty_Five_Years_of_Experience_with_the_Submental.41.pdf 1410268 application/pdf openAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

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Twenty-five years of experience with the submental flap in facial reconstruction: Evolution and technical refinements following 311 cases in Europe and Africa	Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery			2019	399	790

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