Repair of full thickness defect of the nose using an expanded forehead flap and a glabellar flap.
We describe a method to repair full thickness defects of the nose using a glabellar flap as the lining of the nasal cavity and an expanded forehead flap for external closure. We consider our method useful in the reconstruction of a nose with a full thickness defect for which the flap donor site is limited. The patient was a 45-year-old man who underwent resection of a basal cell carcinoma located over the dorsum of the nose which was associated with a hemangioma simplex on the face. As a result, about two-thirds of the nose, from the dorsum to the tip, as well as a part of the right cheek became deficient and the right nasal cavity became exposed. The nose was reconstructed using the above-mentioned method. The result was satisfactory both cosmetically and functionally.
Iida
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Akita Red Cross Hospital, Kamikitate, Japan.
Ohsumi
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Tonegawa
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Tsutsumi
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D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D015626:Tissue Expansion