[Rotated pedicle flap of the floor of nasal cavity to repair nasal septal perforation].
OBJECTIVE
To report a new procedure with rotated pedicle flap of the floor of nasal cavity to repair nasal septal perforation.


METHODS
Dissecting mucoperichondrium and mucoperiosteum around the perforation and taking downward to the floor of nasal cavity to make a posterior end pedicle flap. Then rotating the flap backward and upward to overlap the more large perforation and suturing it with the margin of the pocket of mucoperichondrium and mucoperiosteum of the perforation.


RESULTS
Repair of the perforation in 11 cases were all successful with primary healing.


CONCLUSIONS
Autogenous rotated pedicle flap of the floor of nasal cavity for repairing nasal septal perforation has a lot of advantage. The graft is easy to take, no rejection, having good blood supply, highly survival rate and wide and long enough to be available to the implant for repairing the larger perforation according to its size and shape.
Luo
Jiancheng
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Department of Otolaryngology,the Second Hospital of Dongshan District, Jieyang, 522031, China. luo309@126.com
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000601:surgery; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000601:surgery; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D010521:Periosteum / Q000637:transplantation*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014945:Wound Healing; D055815:Young Adult