Repair of nostril defect with a contralateral nasolabial flap.
Two consecutive cases of nasal reconstruction, using a contralateral nasolabial flap for lining and a scalping forehead flap for cover, are reported. The procedure has been useful in repairing defects from large nasal lesions extending to the cheek, ones which preclude the use of a flap from the homolateral nasolabial fold. We have used this technique in two patients, without loss of any portion of such a flap and without the persistence of any hole in the nasal septum.
D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous