title: Aesthetic repair of small to medium-sized nasal defects.
abstract: Reconstruction of small and medium-sized defects of the nose poses a challenge to the facial plastic surgeon. Flaps for small to medium-sized defects most often are closed in single-staged procedures as opposed to larger-sized defects. A variety of techniques can be used including secondary intention, primary closure, full-thickness skin grafts, composite grafts, rhomboid flaps, bilobe flaps, dorsal nasal flaps, island flaps, and inferiorly based meliolabial flaps.
authors.affiliation: New York University School of Medicine, Division of Facial Plastic Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Anil R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zoumalan
authors.forename: Minas S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Constantinides
mesh_terms: D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation; D004954:Esthetics; D006801:Humans; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011182:Postoperative Care; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000145:classification; D013997:Time Factors; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology