[ Mustarde flap]

ABSTRACT

The main cause of substance loss of the face is a removal of skin tumors by surgical excision which remains an essential treatment of skin cancers. The coverage of these losses of substances must comply with functional and aesthetic requirements. We use in our work the Mustarde flap to cover the defect. We describe the case of a patient who suffers of a basocellular carcinoma. The loss of substance left by the excision is 3 x 4 cm. the flap design goes back horizontally 1 cm below the lower eyelid, extending to the temporal region and down to the front of the ear lobe. A large detachment followed by a rotation of the flap can easily cover the defect. The postoperative course are simple. The aesthetic and functional result is very satisfactory. As an incontestable social element, the face requires a functional and also aesthetic reconstruction to be the closest possible to "ad integrum" restitution as the socio-professional pressure is presently considerable. The Mustarde flap is a flap of skin, thick, with large area and inferior pedicle. The flap design goes above and beyond to outer canthus, swells around the temple area and down to the front of the ear lobe. A movement of medial rotation is printed an external cantholysis allows the possible mobilization of the lateral part when it is stored. To avoid ectropion, it should be securely moored at the temporal and orbital periosteum. The wide separation allowed by subcutaneous flap Mustarde can cover large medial, paranasal, losses of substance. The Mustarde flap is a very interesting technique in the treatment of loss of substance of the face