The on-call STSR is relieving in a scheduled reconstructive…
The on-call STSR is relieving in a scheduled reconstructive wound closure surgery on the dorsum of a left ala (nares). The staff member giving handoff report to her relief explains that the surgeon is planning on raising tissue from the forehead and rotating it to close a defect left after as skin lesion excision. The tissue will remain attached to a blood supply, which will allow for distal vascular ingrowth. After 2-3 weeks, , the patient will return and the flap tissue will be completely severed from the original blood supply, inset, and then sutured to complete the closure in a secondary surgery. The STSR understands the surgeon is planning to perform a ______ type of closure.