Z-plasty ideal angle is: (A) 30 degrees, (B) 45 degrfees, (C) 60 degrees, (D) 90 degrees
Answer is C. Z-plasty is a plastic surgery technique used to improve the functional and cosmetic appearance of scars. It involves the creation of two triangular flaps of equal dimension that are then transposed. For a basic z-plasty, the triangular flaps are created using an angle of 60 degrees Theoretically, this angle can lengthen a contracted scar by about 75 percent and reorient the direction of the central wound by 90 degrees.