Hosaka Y, Tsukagoshi T, Sasaki E, Yokoyama S
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
Br J Plast Surg. 1999 Jan;52(1):29-32. doi: 10.1054/bjps.1998.3012.
The use of otherwise redundant nasolabial flap skin is described for lining in reconstruction of full-thickness alar defects. The techniques have been successfully used to reconstruct full-thickness alar defects in four patients. The overall procedure has the advantage of providing well-vascularised tissue of appropriate colour, texture and thickness for external skin and nasal lining in one-stage reconstruction.
