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  • Title: [National survey on therapeutic strategy in facial epitheliomas].
    Author: Martin D, Barthélémy I, Pélissier P, Mondié JM.
    Journal: Ann Chir Plast Esthet; 1998 Aug; 43(4):365-72. PubMed ID: 9926469.
    Abstract:
    The national survey concerning the therapeutic strategy for carcinomas of the face published here reviews the therapeutic strategies to this everyday disease. The 30 centres included in our statistics have a combined experience of several thousand cases. 61% of these centres operate on more than 50 carcinomas per year. The following conclusions can be drawn from these data. The general national option is for treatment of the defect by flaps than by skin graft, all reconstruction situations combined. In the case of skin grafts, the retroauricular and supraclavicular sites are the most frequently used. 71% of authors also perform skin grafts immediately after the initial resection. Directed healing is only indicated in the treatment of small defects with a preferential site: the medial canthus. Frozen section examination is requested at the time of the initial resection in an average of 24.3% of basal cell carcinomas versus 43.9% of squamous cell carcinomas, with a range of 0 to 100% in the two series. 16 resection sites were then proposed, to define the most frequent cases. Consensus was exceptional. At the very most, a fairly unified strategy was defined for defects of the eyelids and lips, where there is a preference for classical Abbé or Mustardé flaps for the lower eyelid. Similarly, kite flaps are usually preferred in the nasolabial region. In all other cases, the responses vary considerably and are submitted to statistical analysis, completed by a general discussion.
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