Posts Tagged ‘ischemic complications’

HISTORY 70-year-old man with history of sarcoidosis on chronic prednisone. Left preauricular cheek squamous cell carcinoma was treated with Mohs excision and inferior SMAS partial island flap reconstruction. The healing was complicated by wound dehiscence, partially due to wound ischemia and wound tension.   DISCUSSION The third case represents a dehiscence due to likely ischemia…