Reconstruction of post–burn facial deformities, using stretched flaps

Abstract

Objective. Improvement of the surgical treatment results in patients with post-burn deformities of the face, using maximal restoration of cutaneous coverings of principal parts with optimal application of stretched tissues in adjacent places.
 Materials and methods. Into the investigation were included 37 patients, who were treated in 2009 - 2019 yrs,23 men and 14 women, ageing 10 - 62 yrs old (median age have constituted 25.7 yrs old). For facial defects plasty were applied the stretched frontal flap (5), lateral and lower facial flaps (4), submandibular and submandibularly-cervical (8), cervical (7) and cervical and cervico-brachial flaps (16). In 2 patients with bilateral affection the cervical and cervico-brachial flaps were applied on both sides.
 Results. All the flaps applied took the root primarily. During first postoperative 24 h in 4 patients venous congestion in cervical and cervical-brachial flaps was noted, which have disappeared after application of the antiaggregate preparations. Main criteria of estimation of the treatment far remote results were: the completeness of the cicatrices excision, the secondary deformity occurrence and restoration of the face main contours. Far emote results were studied in 17 patients and were estimated as good. In other patients the result is unknown.
 Conclusion. Depending on the cicatricial defect localization and presence of unaffected tissues in various anatomical zones of the face and neck, application of the stretched flaps is possible, what permits to obtain a sufficient quantity of viable plastic material with textural properties, which are close to defect. Using stretched flapsin various anatomical zones of face and neck good result was obtained in immediate and far remote periods of observation.