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European Journal of Dermatology

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M-plasty in the treatment of carcinomas located on the interglabellar region Volume 8, numéro 8, December 1998

Auteurs
Department of Medical-Surgical Dermatology and Venereology, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Avda. Dr. Fedriani s/n, 41009 Sevilla, Spain.
  • Page(s) : 548-50
  • Année de parution : 1999

For many years, skin surgery has looked for new techniques to remove tumors completely and close the remaining defect with the best possible functional/cosmetic results and the minimal removal of tissue. This was the purpose of designing the M-plasty technique which turns an ovoid or square wound into a fusiform defect. Two lateral triangles of 1.5 times the length of the defect are designed to obtain the optimal dimensions [...]