title: Application of artificial dermis prior to full-thickness skin grafting for resurfacing the nose.
abstract: Two patients with nasal skin defects resulting from excision of rhinophyma and multiple angiofibromas were treated with artificial dermis followed by full-thickness skin grafts taken from the postauricular region. The secondary skin grafts took completely in both patients, and the postoperative results were excellent. Although a two-stage operation is required, application of artificial dermis prior to full-thickness skin grafting is a reliable method for resurfacing the nose.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Postgraduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shin-ya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000601:surgery*; D002610:Cheek; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012224:Rhinophyma / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D017768:Skin, Artificial; D015626:Tissue Expansion