|Articles|January 11, 2011

Today's Daily Dose: Rotation skin flaps

When this type of wound closure is indicated.

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“A rotation skin flap provides a nice means of closing a defect in which skin for closure is only available on one side of the lesion or in which direct closure would result in distortion of a body part.”

-Steven F. Swaim, DVM, MS

From Skills Laboratory: Reconstructive surgery techniques, Part 6: Rotation skin flaps

 

 

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