[The reverse buccinator musculomucosal flap for the treatment of inverted papilloma of the nose].
OBJECTIVE
This paper presents the experience in using the reverse buccinator musculomucosal flap for repairing the defect following excising inverted papilloma of the nose.


METHODS
After the inverted papilloma of the nose was excised through an endonasal approach, the reverse buccinator musculomucosal flap supplied by the retrograde blood flow of the anterior buccal artery was harvested and sutured to the defect through the ora-nasal tunnel. The procedure was performed on three patients.


RESULTS
The postoperative course was uneventful. All the flaps survived completely.


CONCLUSIONS
The technique provides the solution to prevent nasal stricture from cicatricial contracture after excising inverted papilloma. In the operation, excising the inverted papilloma and repairing the defect was performed simultaneously, saving another operation for the secondary deformity. The technique is also applicable to the treatment of existing cicatricial stricture of the nose.
Fan
Ju-Feng
JF
Department of Plastic Surgery, Chaoyang Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China.
Wang
Ning-Yu
NY
Chen
Li
L
Zhang
Gui-Xiu
GX
Li
Sen-Kai
SK
Zhao
Zhen-Min
ZM
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018308:Papilloma, Inverted / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps