Introduction: Several reports about facial artery anatomy have been published in the literature, however none of such studies has ever been performed in our country. Flaps based on the facial artery, like those described by Pribaz in 1992, are a good alternative for the management of severe palatal fistula management. On the other hand, the reconstruction of facial wounds after skin cancer resection is commonly needed, and it requires selected surgical techniques in order to improve facial cosmetics and functioning in our patients. In this paper we describe our experience using these flaps and we propose a modification for the technique. Objetives: show the anatomical variants in facial artery anatomy in Peruvian cadavers and their application in facial flap surgery based on this artery. Material and method: This is an analytic and descriptive study. 24 half-faces from 12 ...

Introduction: Several reports about facial artery anatomy have been published in the literature, however none of such studies has ever been performed in our country. Flaps based on the facial artery, like those described by Pribaz in 1992, are a good alternative for the management of severe palatal fistula management. On the other hand, the reconstruction of facial wounds after skin cancer resection is commonly needed, and it requires selected surgical techniques in order to improve facial cosmetics and functioning in our patients. In this paper we describe our experience using these flaps and we propose a modification for the technique. Objetives: show the anatomical variants in facial artery anatomy in Peruvian cadavers and their application in facial flap surgery based on this artery. Material and method: This is an analytic and descriptive study. 24 half-faces from 12 ...