Limberg rag
The Limberg flap , also known as the rhomboid flap, is a skin flap that is used to cover a diamond-shaped defect. It belongs to the group of transposition flaps. It was developed by Limberg in 1966.
Blood supply
Random Distributed lobe blood flow ( Random Pattern Flaps )
Action
The skin incisions should be made along the skin tension lines , since this is where the slightest tension is created on the scars and healing is undisturbed. A rhomboid-shaped defect is now created, the original defect being centered in the rhomboid. The rhomboid should have four sides of equal length, two angles of 60% and two angles of 120%. Then a triangular flap is incised on the long side of the rhomboid-shaped defect, the inner incision should have an angle of 120% and the outer incision 60% and run parallel to the wound edge. The flap is mobilized and pivoted into the defect.
indication
Small tumors, especially basaliomas in the forehead and temporal region.
literature
- AA Limberg: Design of local flaps. In: Modern trends in plastic surgery. Volume 2, 1966, pp. 38-61, ISSN 0544-6929 . PMID 4888664 .
- Hilko Weerda: Compendium of plastic-reconstructive interventions in the facial area (PDF; 4.6 MB) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ LR Chasmar: The versatile rhomboid (Limberg) flap. In: The Canadian journal of plastic surgery = Journal canadien de chirurgie plastique. Volume 15, Number 2, 2007, pp. 67-71, PMID 19554188 , PMC 2698804 (free full text).
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
