title: The use of otherwise redundant skin to provide nasal lining in the reconstruction of full-thickness alar defects by nasolabial flap repair.
abstract: The use of otherwise redundant nasolabial flap skin is described for lining in reconstruction of full-thickness alar defects. The techniques have been successfully used to reconstruct full-thickness alar defects in four patients. The overall procedure has the advantage of providing well-vascularised tissue of appropriate colour, texture and thickness for external skin and nasal lining in one-stage reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsukagoshi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps