Iida N, Ohsumi N, Sakai M
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Showa University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 1997 Sep;100(4):991-5. doi: 10.1097/00006534-199709001-00024.
We developed a trilobed flap, i.e., a Dufourmentel flap connected to two continuous triangular flaps whose angles are decreased by one-quarter. We used this type of flap in eight patients with nasal skin defects, sequelae of tumorectomy, and obtained good results.