title: Refinements in the axial frontonasal flap.
abstract: The frontonasal flap is a useful flap for medial and lateral tip defects of the nose. It can be used as a random rotation flap or as an axial flap. This paper describes modifications to the original designs of these flaps, with improvements in the final scar.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Unit, Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Fontaine
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klaassen
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Soutar
mesh_terms: D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology; D004954:Esthetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*