title: The nasal floor transposition flap for repairing distal nose/columella defects.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Reconstruction of defects of the distal nose/columella region present a challenge both esthetically and functionally.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the use of nasal floor tissue as an inferiorly based transposition flap for closure of distal nose/columella defects.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mohs micrographic surgery for excision of basal cell carcinoma was performed on the distal nose/columella area of a patient. The resultant defect was closed using an inferiorly based transposition flap elevated from the nasal floor. Other closure options for this region are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nasal floor flap allowed the reconstruction of a properly contoured columella and distal nose.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 73104, USA.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: MacFarlane
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015580:Mohs Surgery; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps