Open AccessDoes the optimal layer of the skin include the orbicularis oculi muscle when elevating cheek rotation flap?
Author(s) -
Naohiro Ishii,
Masayoshi Takayama,
Shigeki Sakai,
Kazuo Kishi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0974-5157
pISSN - 0974-2077
DOI - 10.4103/jcas.jcas_56_18
Subject(s) - medicine , cheek , surgery , orbicularis oculi muscle , eyelid , perioperative , anatomy
The cheek rotation flap is widely used as an optimal technique for lower eyelid reconstruction; however, the elevation layer of the skin including the orbicularis oculi muscle (OOM) remains unresolved.