Contouring of zygomatic soft tissue using bilateral free groin flaps in a Treacher Collins syndrome patient.
- Author:
Jae Woo HEO
1
;
Ung Sik JIN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Treacher Collins syndrome; Groin flaps; Free flap
- MeSH: Adult; Congenital Abnormalities; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Depression; Free Tissue Flaps; Groin*; Humans; Male; Mandibulofacial Dysostosis*; Transplants
- From:Archives of Craniofacial Surgery 2018;19(2):131-134
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Treacher Collins syndrome is a congenital disorder that is characterized with a wide range of cranio-facial deformities. Zygomatic hypoplasia or aplasia is one of the key features, and surgical reconstruction of the consequent depression on the zygomatic area is deemed necessary by many patients. Various surgical options are available—injectables, alloplastic materials, autologous grafting, and autogenous tissue transfer. It depends on each patient which technique to use. Here, we present a clinical case, in which bilateral free groin flaps were adopted in attempt to resolve the remnant aesthetic deformity associated with zygomatic depression, despite a series of previous surgical efforts, in a 25-year-old Treacher Collins syndrome male patient.
