title: Utility of the quadrilobe flap for repairing defects of the nasal tip.
abstract: The quadrilobe flap allows the mobilisation of the skin of the upper nose and nasofacial sulcus to the distal nose while avoiding unfavourable tension vectors that would distort the free margin of the ala. We report our experience over the past 3 years in the first case series of quadrilobe flaps for repair of surgical defects on the nose.
authors.affiliation: Dermatologic Surgery Unit, Skin Cancer Institute, Tauranga, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Suyin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.affiliation: Dermatologic Surgery Unit, Skin Cancer Institute, Tauranga, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Neil J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Mortimer
authors.affiliation: Dermatologic Surgery Unit, Skin Cancer Institute, Tauranga, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Paul Jm
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Salmon
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015580:Mohs Surgery / Q000379:methods; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000145:classification / Q000637:transplantation*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Mohs surgery; bilobe; nasal tip; nose; quadrilobe transposition flap; trilobe