Indigenous Flaps in ENT: Our Experience
Keywords:
Nasolabial flap, Forehead transposition flap, Rintala flap
Abstract
The nose is undoubtedly an important facial feature. The rhinologic surgeon with interest in external nasal soft tissue surgery, oncologic or otherwise, may often require reconstruction of a soft tissue defect, from the medial canthus to the nasal ala laterally, to the nasal tip medially. The coverage needs tissues which resemble the adjoining skin texture and have a thickness which would fill the defect appropriately without appearing as a separate patch and upset the patient psychologically. Therefore we utilized local rotation and advancement flaps for the reconstruction of facial defects. Experience with these flaps is being shared.DOI: 10.21276/AABS.2017.1341References
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2017-02-28
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