title: The full-thickness retroangular flap.
abstract: In reconstruction of full-thickness nasal defects, excellent outcome from both the cosmetic and functional viewpoints is desired, and minimal scar in the flap donor site is favored. The authors describe a new reconstructive method in which full-thickness nasal defects are repaired with a full-thickness island flap collected from the nasolabial region, with the retrograde angular artery as the pedicle. The authors call this flap the full-thickness retroangular flap, and used it to repair full-thickness nasal defects generated by resection of cutaneous malignant tumors in 2 patients. The advantages of this method were the following: reconstruction of the external side of the nose and lining of the nasal cavity could be performed with one flap; the color and texture of the reconstructed nose were favorable; being an arterial flap, good blood circulation was obtained; and closing of the flap donor site was easy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Akita Red Cross Hospital, Kamikitate, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohsumi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tonegawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013524:Surgical Flaps