Skirt Flap for Nasal Alar Reconstruction

Skirt Flap for Nasal Alar Reconstruction

1 Koichi Ueda, MD, PhD Yuka Shigemura, MD Mai Hara, MD Takashi Nuri, MD, PhD Hiroyuki Iwanaga, MD Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Osaka Medical College Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan Sir: T usual choices for reconstruction of nasal alar defects are a nasolabial flap or a composite chondrocutaneous ear graft. For reconstruction of small full-thickness defects of the ala, the nasolabial...

Abstract: Outcome Study after Nasal Alar Subunit Reconstruction: Comparing Paramedian Forehead Flap to Nasolabial Flap

INTRODUCTION: Many studies have proved the role, efficacy and safety profile of intralesional bleomycin in the management of hypertrophic scars and keloids.1 Liposomes, by virtue of their lipid bilayer, have potential to enhance the delivery of drug to the desired area. Drugs encapsulated in liposomes are expected to be transported without rapid degradation and minimum side effects to the recip...

subcutaneous forehead island flap for nasal reconstruction

Use of Forehead Flap for Nasal Tip Reconstruction after Traumatic Nasal Amputation

Nose is one of the most important aesthetic unit of the face.Management of nasal trauma plays a significant role in the practices of the majority of facial and reconstructive surgeons. Replantation, although technically very challenging, is undoubtedly the procedure of choice following traumatic nasal amputation. Here we present an illustrative case report of the traumatic amputation of a nasal...

Refinement of Nasal Reconstruction with a V/Y-alar-perforator Flap

BACKGROUND The ala of the nose is vascularized by a dense net of perforators originating from the lateral nasal artery or the angular artery. These vessels reach the ala in a cascade fashion from the alar groove/lateral nasal wall. Based on these vessels, a V/Y flap can be dissected with a wide range of mobility. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nineteen patients underwent reconstruction of the nose by ...