[Homage to Leon Tripier. Description of the first musculocutaneous flap and current indications]

Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2000 Feb;45(1):17-23.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The double pedicle flap taken from the upper lid was described for the first time in 1888 by Tripier. To our knowledge, it is the first case of reconstruction by a myocutaneous flap described in the literature. Other authors subsequently modified the first description. The same flap taken with a single inner pedicle is now usually employed. For the authors, the Tripier's flap, with a double and permanent pedicle, still has some indications in eyelid reconstruction.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blepharoplasty / history
  • Blepharoplasty / methods*
  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Selection
  • Surgery, Plastic / history
  • Surgical Flaps* / history*

Personal name as subject

  • L Tripier