Traumatic Hemi Facial Soft Tissue Amputation. Immediate Surgical Flap Reconstruction

Abstract

Large soft tissue defects of the face present a challenging reconstructive problem to the surgeon. Optimal treatment of facial soft tissue injury includes definitive reconstruction of the main aesthetic units of the face. The author presents a case of immediate soft tissue flap reconstruction of the face following a car accident. The accident resulted in significant loss of the left soft facial structures with exposed facial bone i.e. hemi facial soft tissue amputation. Immediate soft tissue reconstruction was performed utilizing a rotation cervico pectoral flap to cover the lower half of the face and transposition of a temporoparietal scalp flap to cover the upper half. Surgical case and post operative aesthetic results are being presented in this case report.