title: Moustache reconstruction using an extended midline forehead flap.
abstract: A new method for reconstruction of the upper lip and moustache is presented. An extended midline forehead flap is described, which is a modification of the classical midline forehead flap in which the flap is extended into the hair-bearing scalp. Simultaneously, a nasal alar defect was reconstructed using the non-hair-bearing forehead skin in a patient with cancrum oris. The flap is reliable, technically easy to raise, does not require any special expertise and causes minimal donor site deformity. However, it is a multistage procedure and hence causes prolonged morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Panda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005546:Forehead; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009625:Noma / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps