Plastic and cosmetic surgery

by Frederick Strange Kolle

Coaptation of Wound.

Where the triangular defect has a wide base, bilateral triangular sections of skin are removed ([Fig. 67]), and the flaps are coapted, as in [Fig. 68].

Fig. 67.

Tri-triangular Excision.

Fig. 68.

Coaptation of Wound.

Through the sacrifice of two triangles a large oblong or square defect may be covered, the excisions being shown in [Fig. 69] and the suturing in [Fig. 70].