The Keystone Perforator Island Flap Concept

By Felix Behan, FRCS FRACS, Plastic and reconstructive Surgeon (Hand, Head and Neck Melanoma Surgery) including Medico-legal reports; Department of Surgical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, St Andrews Place. East Melbourne; Michael Findlay, MBBS PhD FRACS(Plast), Specialist Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, The Western General & Sunshine Hospitals (Western Health); The Austin and Repatriation Hospitals (Austin Health) and Frankston Hospital (Peninsula Health) and Cheng Hean Lo, MBBS, Registrar; The Alfred; Department of Plastic, Hand & Maxillofacial Surgery

Section One: The Fundamentals of Keystone Island Flaps
1 Introduction to the keystone flap- a simple solution to many reconstructive problems                                                 2 Anatomy and applied physiology of fasciocutaneous flaps                                                                                         3 Design Principles and the Keystone technique

Section Two: Clinical applications of Keystone Island Flaps: anatomical regions
4 Head and neck
5 The upper limb
6 The trunk                                                                                                                                                                7 The lower limb

Section Three: Special Applications of Keystone Island Flaps
8 Melanoma
9 Radiotherapy
10 Trauma