title: [Local flap reconstruction of resected non-melanoma malignant skin tumors: a case series of 57 patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In our study, we present a case series of 57 patients with non-melanoma malignant skin cancer involving the face who were treated with local flap reconstruction with literature review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between February 2010 and September 2011, 57 patients (37 males, 20 females; mean age 63.1 years; range 38 to 87 years) who were admitted to Ünye State Hospital Otolaryngology and Head and Neck and Dermatology Clinic with a preliminary diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancer were retrospectively analyzed in terms of tumor histopathologically, location and treatment plan.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The tumor distribution of the patients included basal cell carcinoma (n=39, 68.4%) and squamous cell carcinoma (n=18, 31.4%). The mean follow-up was 14.2 (range 8-23 months). The most common involvement site of the skin tumor was the nose (n=23, 40.3%), followed by forehead (n=8, 14%), lips (n=7, 12.2%), ears (n=6, 10.5%), cheeks (n=6, 10.5%), eyes (n=3, 5.2%), chin (n=2, 3.5%) and neck (n=2, 3.5%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Local flap reconstruction applied following surgical excision of skin cancer is an effective treatment method which can easily be used by ear nose throat surgeons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Acıbadem Hospital, Acıbadem, İstanbul, Turkey. kayabasoglu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Gürkan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kayabaşoğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D058752:Free Tissue Flaps; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*