A 45-year-old male with severe torticollis of the neck due to post-burn contracture on the left side of the neck underwent contracture release and resurfacing of the defect using a flap about 12cm × 8cm. Not only was the entire contracture released completely, the color and texture match provided was quite good []. The donor site was closed primarily. At the 18-month follow-up visit, the flap had maintained its aesthetic and functional qualities and the patient was very happy [Figures and ].
An 18 year-old female presented with a post-burn scar over her left cheek. We expanded her left supraclavicular area with a cylindrical expander to resurface the cheek scar. Though the expander migrated beyond the shoulder cap region in the post-insertion period, we went ahead with the surgery. A flap measuring 10cm × 6cm was harvested. The flap did not bleed well on the table and showed ischemic changes immediately after the operation. We lost the flap in its entirety. The resulting defect was later covered with a split-thickness skin graft.