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Nasal reconstruction in children with the combination of nasolabial and island flaps

Publication at Third Faculty of Medicine |
2010

Abstract

The reconstruction of the nose is one of the most complicated aesthetic-reconstructive procedures. The difficulty of the procedure lies is in the necessity for reconstruction not only to capture the very complicated, various shapes of the nose but also to preserve the function of the nose: to allow the patient to breathe through the nose. 12-year-old girl had loss injury of the part of left wing of the nostril.

We used the compound nasolabial flap with a small excess to resolve the mucosal and skin defect. One year after the first operation relief of natural transition of the new wing of the nostril and cheek was created with small island flap