TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Advancement A1 - Goldman, Glenn D. A1 - Dzubow, Leonard M. A1 - Yelverton, Christopher B. Y1 - 2013 N1 - T2 - Facial Flap Surgery AB - The advancement flap is the oldest and most straightforward type of adjacent tissue transfer, since it is basically a geometric and biomechanical extension of the fusiform or lenticular closure (Fig. 2.1). As compared to primary side-to-side closure, the advancement flap provides a small amount of additional tension release and no tension redistribution. The unique attribute of the advancement flap is the ability to redistribute and selectively position collections of tissue redundancy termed dog-ears when they are generated by wound closure.1 Advancement flaps have widespread utilization in the repair of facial operative wounds, and despite their relative simplicity, they are the most common type of nonlinear reconstruction utilized by most surgeons. Their design and execution is enhanced by a thorough understanding of the principals of tissue motion. Interestingly, less literature attention has been paid to the design of advancement flaps than to their more complex cousins, transposition, and rotation. SN - PB - McGraw Hill LLC CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174770540 ER -