title: Prefabricated scalping forehead flap with skeletal support.
abstract: It is difficult to reconstruct a nose with adequate shape, color, and texture in patients who have full-thickness nasal defects with extensive loss of skeletal support. The scalping forehead flap is a reliable technique for nasal reconstruction. To our knowledge, however, there have been no reports about a prefabricated scalping forehead flap with a bone graft as skeletal support. In the case reported here, a prefabricated scalping forehead flap combined with an iliac bone graft as skeletal support was used to successfully reconstruct a full-thickness defect of the nose associated with partial frontal bone loss and complete loss of the nasal bones. Acceptable functional and aesthetic results were achieved. This method may be a good alternative for reconstruction of full-thickness nasal defects with extensive loss of skeletal support.
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. masaofuj@mth.biglobe.ne.jp
authors: Masao
authors: M
authors: Fujiwara
authors: Ayano
authors: A
authors: Suzuki
authors: Takahide
authors: T
authors: Mizukami
authors: Tsutomu
authors: T
authors: Terai
authors: Hidekazu
authors: H
authors: Fukamizu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005546:Forehead / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000637:transplantation*; D008297:Male; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps