MODIFIED MALAR ADVANCEMENT FLAP FOR A NASOGENIAN DEFECT RECONSTRUCTION

  • Inês Leite Interna do Internato Complementar de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Resident, Dermatology and Venereology
  • Nuno Menezes Assistente Hospitalar de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Consultant, Dermatology and Venereology
  • Rita Guedes Interna do Internato Complementar de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Resident, Dermatology and Venereology
  • Eduarda Osório Ferreira Assistente Hospitalar Graduada de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Graduated Consultant, Dermatology and Venereology
  • Armando Baptista Chefe de Serviço, /Director do Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Consultant Chief, Head of Dermatology and Venereology Department Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia – Espinho, Portugal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.69.4.62

Abstract

Surgery is the first-line treatment of skin cancer. Resections of large cutaneous tumours involving the nose are frequently challenging for the surgeon.
We describe a malar advancement flap with usage of its redundant skin as a graft for a large nose defect involving two facial aesthetic units.

KEYWORDS – Reconstructive Surgical Procedures; Surgical Flaps; Skin Neoplasms; Skin Transplantation.

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Published
2011-12-20
How to Cite
Leite, I., Menezes, N., Guedes, R., Ferreira, E. O., & Baptista, A. (2011). MODIFIED MALAR ADVANCEMENT FLAP FOR A NASOGENIAN DEFECT RECONSTRUCTION. Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology, 69(4), 609. https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.69.4.62
Issue
Vol 69 No 4 (2011): Outubro - Dezembro
Section
Surgical Dermatology

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