This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on Web of Science (5)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

R. Patrick Yeatts, MD; Roger W. Newsom, MD; Brian L. Matthews, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1996;114(9):1149-1152.

Abstract
The use of a transcutaneous ultrasonic Doppler flow detector to identify the supratrochlear and superficial temporal arteries permits the design of narrow-based, thin-tipped forehead flaps for use in medial canthal and eyelid reconstruction. In the 13 cases described, the axial, vascular supply of a proposed myocutaneous forehead flap was determined with a transcutaneous ultrasonic Doppler flow detector permitting narrow-based pedicle widths of 0.8 to 1.2 cm. The design of the distal portion of the flap was determined by the primary defect. The width of the flap varied from 1.5 to 4.0 cm, with the flap's axial length limited only by the hairline. This use of the ultrasonic Doppler flow detector, permitting narrow-based, thintipped vascular pedicle flaps, has assisted in refining the concept of forehead flaps and has made these flaps an acceptable primary reconstructive technique in the periorbital region.

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Ophthalmology (Drs Yeatts and Newsom) and Otolaryngology (Drs Yeatts and Matthews), The Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC. The authors have no proprietary interest in either the method presented or in Parks Medical Electronics Inc, nor have they received payment as a consultant or evaluator of the products.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?