The nasal floor transposition flap for repairing distal nose/columella defects.
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.
MacFarlane
D F
DF
Department of Dermatology, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 73104, USA.
Goldberg
L H
LH
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