title: Cosmetic reconstruction of a nasal plane and rostral nasal skin defect using a modified nasal rotation flap in a dog.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report reconstruction of a defect of the nasal plane and the rostral dorsum of the nose in a dog using a nasal rotation flap with Burow's triangles.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mixed-breed dog (1.5 years, 8.6 kg).
  
  
  METHODS
  A nasal defect caused by chronic granulomatous inflammation and involving the lateral nasal plane and adjacent rostral nasal dorsum in a dog was reconstructed and closed using a unilateral nasal rotation flap incorporating dorsal nasal plane tissue, with excision of Burow's triangles.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The modified unilateral nasal rotation flap was effective in closing a defect of the rostral nasal dorsum. Incorporation of dorsal nasal plane tissue in the flap allowed for a cosmetic reconstruction of the lateral nasal plane defect (wing of nostril).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Skin defects on the rostral dorsum of the nose and defects of the nasal plane in dogs can be closed and/or reconstructed using nasal rotation flaps incorporating nasal plane tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. GterHaar@rvc.ac.uk
authors.forename: Gert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ter Haar
authors.forename: Sjef C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Buiks
authors.forename: Jolle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirpensteijn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D006105:Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D059747:Nasal Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000662:veterinary*