PURPOSE: Traditional donor-site closure has been associated with serious esthetic and functional morbidity. The purpose of this study was to assess morbidity in esthetics and function and measure the postoperative complications of the radial forearm free @entity1912 (RFFF) donor site after using combined local triangular full-thickness skin grafting. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective study of @entity1 who underwent reconstruction of head and neck defects using an RFFF was conducted from July 2008 through December 2014. The donor site was repaired with a combined local triangular full-thickness skin graft. Quality of the scar, color match, tendon exposure, presence of @entity39 , dehiscence of the suture, and presence of @entity809 were recorded and analyzed using SPSS 21.0 software. RESULTS: One hundred consecutive @entity1 (71 male and 29 female) underwent RFFF harvesting. RFFF donor-site defects ranged from 15 to 70  cm(2); partial skin graft loss occurred in 7% of @entity1 . Five @entity1 (5%) had small dehiscences of the forearm skin graft, and 2 cases (2%) presented tendon exposure. In all cases, these sites healed secondarily by conservative management, with no final @entity73 . Esthetic results were considered excellent in 87%, good in 11%, and suboptimal in 2% of the cases. CONCLUSIONS: The combined local triangular full-thickness skin graft is a reliable method for closing RFFF donor-site defects because it obviates a second surgical site, it provides excellent color match and pliability, and it can be used for covering large defects of the donor site.

Closure of the Radial Forearm Free XXXX Donor Site Using the Combined Local Triangular Full-Thickness Skin Graft.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity39 :: ('MESH:D009336', 'Disease') :: ['necrosis'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['impairment of function'] @entity809 :: ('MESH:D010292', 'Disease') :: ['dysesthesia'] @entity1912 :: ('241', 'Gene') :: ['flap']
@entity1912 :: (241,Gene) :: ['Flap']
