Mathematical principle of planar Z-plasty

Authors
Citation
Dy. Chu, Mathematical principle of planar Z-plasty, PLAS R SURG, 105(1), 2000, pp. 105-108
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
ISSN journal
00321052 → ACNP
Volume
105
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
105 - 108
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-1052(200001)105:1<105:MPOPZ>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
To extend the work of precursors attempting to use Z-plasties with angles t hat have arbitrary degrees and may or may not be equal in size, a comprehen sive study was done to clarify and simplify the correlation among the angle s, limbs, and diagonals of the geometrical construction of Z-plasties. In g eometry, the truth of a proposition must be proved; it is a question to whi ch the answer must be found. By law and formula, a ternary trigonometric eq uation was derived from a simplified geometric diagram by a trigonometric a pproach. A procedure declaration accompanies this formula; neither was prev iously mentioned in the literature.