Golden Ratio Flap Designed Using the Golden Ratio Rectangle
Background:. Rotation flaps are arcuate repairs that redistribute tension vectors and recruit adjacent and/or distant tissue laxity. The incision curve could be a logarithmic spiral curve to reduce the length of an incision. We propose a rotation flap—the golden ratio flap—designed using a golden re...
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| author | Akio Sakamoto, MD, PhD Toshiharu Fujita, PhD Takashi Noguchi, MD, PhD Shuichi Matsuda, MD, PhD |
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| description | Background:. Rotation flaps are arcuate repairs that redistribute tension vectors and recruit adjacent and/or distant tissue laxity. The incision curve could be a logarithmic spiral curve to reduce the length of an incision. We propose a rotation flap—the golden ratio flap—designed using a golden rectangle.
Methods:. The flap incision is an arc though the major square which is beside the minor square of a golden rectangle. The defect is attached to the line of another minor square and diagonal to the major square. The bottom line runs from the incision end to the tangent point of the circle or the oval, and the perpendicular height line runs from the bottom line to the cross point of the flap incision. These parameters were analyzed retrospectively for four superficial sarcomas that were treated using a rotation flap with an incision approximating the logarithmic spiral curve.
Results:. The ratio of height to bottom of the golden ratio flap design was highly similar to the preoperative flap design in the four cases assessed. With the new design, the ratio of bottom to the defect diameter (minor axis in the oval defect) was 1.3, and for the height, it was 1.4.
Conclusions:. The golden ratio flap, designed using the golden rectangle, is reproducible. The parameters of height and bottom approximate the flap shape, or the length and width, respectively. For clinical applications, step-by-step guidance for drawing the new flap are also proposed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ddf6a0f505224a09bd937492e1d7d89b2024-01-29T07:01:15ZengWolters KluwerPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open2169-75742024-01-01121e550810.1097/GOX.0000000000005508202401000-00003Golden Ratio Flap Designed Using the Golden Ratio RectangleAkio Sakamoto, MD, PhD0Toshiharu Fujita, PhD1Takashi Noguchi, MD, PhD2Shuichi Matsuda, MD, PhD3From the * Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan† Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan.From the * Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, JapanFrom the * Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, JapanBackground:. Rotation flaps are arcuate repairs that redistribute tension vectors and recruit adjacent and/or distant tissue laxity. The incision curve could be a logarithmic spiral curve to reduce the length of an incision. We propose a rotation flap—the golden ratio flap—designed using a golden rectangle. Methods:. The flap incision is an arc though the major square which is beside the minor square of a golden rectangle. The defect is attached to the line of another minor square and diagonal to the major square. The bottom line runs from the incision end to the tangent point of the circle or the oval, and the perpendicular height line runs from the bottom line to the cross point of the flap incision. These parameters were analyzed retrospectively for four superficial sarcomas that were treated using a rotation flap with an incision approximating the logarithmic spiral curve. Results:. The ratio of height to bottom of the golden ratio flap design was highly similar to the preoperative flap design in the four cases assessed. With the new design, the ratio of bottom to the defect diameter (minor axis in the oval defect) was 1.3, and for the height, it was 1.4. Conclusions:. The golden ratio flap, designed using the golden rectangle, is reproducible. The parameters of height and bottom approximate the flap shape, or the length and width, respectively. For clinical applications, step-by-step guidance for drawing the new flap are also proposed.http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000005508 |
| spellingShingle | Akio Sakamoto, MD, PhD Toshiharu Fujita, PhD Takashi Noguchi, MD, PhD Shuichi Matsuda, MD, PhD Golden Ratio Flap Designed Using the Golden Ratio Rectangle Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open |
| title | Golden Ratio Flap Designed Using the Golden Ratio Rectangle |
| title_full | Golden Ratio Flap Designed Using the Golden Ratio Rectangle |
| title_fullStr | Golden Ratio Flap Designed Using the Golden Ratio Rectangle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Golden Ratio Flap Designed Using the Golden Ratio Rectangle |
| title_short | Golden Ratio Flap Designed Using the Golden Ratio Rectangle |
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