The covering of radionecrosis in plastic surgery. Apropos of a series of 20 cases

Twenty radionecroses with various locations were operated on between 1982 and 1993 in the Plastic Surgery Department at Strasbourg. Flap covers were performed. The results and indications as a function of localization and of the size and quality of the structures involved was analyzed for these radio-induced lesions. A wide range of therapeutic option are available to the plastic surgeon who must chose the most reliable reconstruction technique after the most extensive exeresis possible. Muscle and pediculated musculo-cutaneous flaps are preferred due to their safety, their vascular, trophic and anti-infectious quality and their excellent capacity of coverage.