Synonym(s)
Double W-Y plastic
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Businessman, 1987
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Suture flap plastic surgery of the skin to cover a diamond-shaped defect with a transposition flap on both sides.
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- In extension of the two opposite sides of a rhombic excision defect, triangular skin flaps are incised in opposite directions. The outer incisions should be as parallel as possible to the rhombic sides. One triangular flap is used to cover the primary defect, the other is swung into the secondary defect.
- Indications: Smaller tumours on the bridge of the nose, chin, middle of the forehead. Larger defects in the area of the lower legs.
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- Kaufmann R, Podda M, Landes E (2005) Dermatological operations. Colour atlas and textbook on skin surgery. Thieme, Stuttgart New York
- Schulz H, Altmeyer P, Stücker M, Hoffmann K (1997) Outpatient operations in dermatology. Hippocrates, Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer
