Love-Heart Flap for the reconstruction of skin defects
Keywords:
Love, Heart, Flap, reconstructive surgery, skinAbstract
Background and objectives: In any reconstructive surgery, when we plan to repair any soft tissue defect in the body, the priority will be to replace the tissues like with like, with taking into consideration the donor site morbidity, surrounding soft tissue availability, operative time, and long-term complications. The aim of this study is to assess reliability and feasibility, in addition to donor site morbidity of love-heart flap, in the reconstruction of the skin defects Methods: Reconstruction of skin defects by love heart flap were performed in the plastic surgery department (Rizgary teaching hospital) between (March 2021- July 2022), records of patient’s age and sex, size, site, and pathology of the skin defect, flap’s diminsion, and complications are documented to study the ability of the flap to cover the skin defect and its long-term survival.
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