title: Clinical experience with the nasolabial fold as receptor site in microvascular reconstruction.
abstract: We report our experience using the vessels at the nasolabial fold as receptor site in free tissue transfer in head and neck reconstructions; a site that proved more convenient than the submandibulary site in selected cases. Six cases as well as the dissection technique of the nasolabial fold are reported. No complications occurred during or post surgery and in all cases the vessels were of adequate diameter for an end to end anastomosis. The advantages this site offers are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Jeroen M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Smit
authors.forename: Ed H M
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Hartman
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Acosta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005145:Face / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures