The Keystone Design Perforator Flap: A Flap to Simplify Complex Reconstructive Issues

Camilla Bonetti; Sergio Arleo; Luigi Valdatta; Gianpaolo Faini

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1788990

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery ()

The Keystone Design Perforator Flap: A Flap to Simplify Complex Reconstructive Issues

Camilla Bonetti,
Sergio Arleo,
Luigi Valdatta,
Gianpaolo Faini

Affiliations

Camilla Bonetti: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy
Sergio Arleo: Department of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, ASST Valle Camonica, Esine, Brescia, Italy
Luigi Valdatta: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy
Gianpaolo Faini: Department of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, ASST Valle Camonica, Esine, Brescia, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1788990

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Background The keystone design perforator island flap (KDPIF) was first described by Behan in 2003 as a pliable flap, suitable for all body areas thanks to its curvilinear shape, which made it apt to fit mostly all cutaneous defects.

Published in Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery

ISSN: 0970-0358 (Print); 1998-376X (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00042863

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