The use of the melolabial Burow's graft in the reconstruction of combination nasal sidewall-cheek defects.
BACKGROUND
Combination defects involving both the nasal sidewall or ala and cheek can be challenging to reconstruct.


METHODS
Patients with skin cancers involving the nasal sidewall or ala and medial cheek treated with Mohs micrographic surgery were reconstructed using a cheek advancement flap in combination with a melolabial Burow's graft.


RESULTS
This technique provides a simple, reproducible, and cosmetically excellent method of repairing these defects.


CONCLUSIONS
The use of this repair provides superb tissue matches and maintains natural aesthetic subunits, yielding an excellent result with minimal morbidity.
Kim
Karen H
KH
Department of Dermatology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA. karen_hj_kim@hotmail.com
Gross
Victoria L
VL
Jaffe
Andrew T
AT
Herbst
Andrew M
AM
D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015580:Mohs Surgery; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*