Colgajos cutáneos en cirugía oncológica facial

introduction: the skin cancer is a malign neoplasm who has great incidence in the chilean population. the facial region is very affected, principally by the high exposition to the sun irradiation. is the most frequency cancer in the white race and also in skin exposed to sunlight. the most frequency are the basocelular, the escamousos and melanoma. of each 10 skin cancer, 7 are basocelular. the main treatment is surgical. aim: to show the experience gained in the use of skin flaps in facial cancer surgery. material and method: it is a descriptive presentation of a series of 54 patients (20092010), which were reconstructed with skin flaps facial defects taken from the strip facial and cervical originated in the resection of basal cell carcinomas and squamous located in the nose, eyelids, lips, cheeks and chin. we describe and illustrate the major flaps used, yours indications and discusses the clinical results obtained with these surgical techniques, easily applicable in a clinical area, where aesthetics is priority, applying acceptable oncological margins. results: descriptive presentation of a series of 54 patients, who were reconstructed with facial defects skin flaps taken from the band originated pericentrofacial and cervical resection of basal cell carcinomas and squamous, located in the nose, eyelids, lips, cheeksand chin. conclusion: the results obtained with the success of the cutaneous flaps are favored by having good vascularity and low morbidity. the use of local anesthesia is an excellent alternative for tumor resections and reconstruction.