[ chinese flap about 26 cases]

ABSTRACT

The chinese flap, alsow called antebrachial radial flap is a fascio-cutaneous flap based on the radial artery. Since the description, it opened indisputably a new chapter in plastic surgery. Through a series of 26 cases realized in our service of which 24 pediculed and 2 free flaps, we ware able to confirm it's reliability, and we studied its advantages and the inconveniences. It's a quite simple flap who can gives a good quality of skin supple and thick. The principal inconvenient is that it scarify a main artery of the hand, that is why, we have to think about it before potting its indication, although we had no complication inherent to this taking. The zone donor always keeps an unaesthetic scar at the level of the fore arm; and consequently the indication at the woman most be studied well I Finally to hairy subjects this flap must be avoided in certain locations such as the palm of th hand and the face