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RESEARCH LETTERS: A Follow-up Study of the Monarch Adjustable Implant for Correction of Nasal Valve Dysfunction
March 18th, 2008
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Reconstruction of Nasal Sidewall Defects After Excision of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer: Analysis of Uncovered Subcutaneous Hinge Flaps Allowed to Heal by Secondary Intention
March 18th, 2008
Objective To describe the experience of a single department using uncovered subcutaneous hinge flaps to repair the nasal portion and adjacent facial subunits of defects after skin tumor excision.
Design Case series of 16 patients needing reconstruction for lesions of the alar subunit with 1 or more adjacent facial subunits after Mohs surgery for cutaneous malignant neoplasms.
Results All flaps healed well by secondary intention, and the results were gauged at least satisfactory by the patients and surgeons. In 4 patients there were minor aesthetic concerns: in 1 patient the underlying cartilage graft was prominent and a minor revision was undertaken, 1 patient had effacement of the nasofacial sulcus, 1 patient developed a hypertrophic scar, and 1 patient developed both effacement of the nasofacial sulcus and a scar.
Conclusions The use of subcutaneous hinge flaps allowed to heal by secondary intention is a simple 1-stage technique that may be useful in reconstruction of small but deep nasal sidewall defects.