USE OF RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY IN CERTAIN TYPES OF DEFORMITIES OF THE FACE

Abstract

A large number of deformities, for correction of which reconstructive surgery is required, are seen primarily by laryngologists. Consequently, we are considering some applications of the principles of this type of surgery for certain types of deformities of the face that are of especial interest to laryngologists. There are certain general principles in reconstructive surgery that are the same whether applied to this field or to others. Some of these principles are applied in the making of a tubed flap, a delayed flap, a fullthickness skin graft or a Thiersch graft, or in the grafting of bone or cartilage. However, in operations about the face certain problems require additional consideration, owing to local anatomic, functional and cosmetic requirements. No field of surgery requires more careful preoperative study, exacting surgical technic, care in handling tissues, and close postoperative observation. Of the many deformities that occur about the face, we have selected