Alar rim reconstruction utilizing a perinasal transposition flap overlying a hinged "turn-down" flap.
Construction of the alar rim is an extremely challenging problem. Utilizing supradefect nasal tissue as a hinged "turn-down" flap combined with perinasal tissue mobilized as an inferiorly-based transposition flap allowed the formation of a thin and properly contoured rim configuration.
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Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California.
D006801:Humans; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*