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SUBMITTER: El-Sabbagh AH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5296615 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
GMS Interdisciplinary plastic and reconstructive surgery DGPW 20170207
<b>Background:</b> The forehead is a donor site for facial reconstruction but has no generous donor site for its coverage. All options of the reconstructive ladder can be used. A large rotation flap was used to reconstruct a big central forehead defect following failed previous repair in an elderly diabetic patient after a motor car accident. <b>Case presentation:</b> A 64-year-old diabetic man presented with an extensive central forehead defect after failed previous repair following a motor car ...[more]