RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NOSE DEFECT USING FULL-THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT COLLECTED IN THE PREAURICULAR REGION

  • Ermelindo Tavares Interno do Internato Complementar de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Resident Dermatology and Venereology, Hospital Distrital de Santarém, Portugal
  • José Rosa Professor Auxiliar Convidado da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Diretor do Serviço de Cirurgia Plástica, Reconstrutiva e Estética do Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa, Francisco Gentil, E.P.E., Lisboa, Portugal/Professor and Head of Plastic Surgery Department; Oncology Institute of Lisbon and New University of Lisbon, Portugal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.70.4.103

Abstract

Cases report: Four patients (two men and two women) were submitted to wide surgical excision of basal cell carcinoma of the nose. For the reconstruction full-thickness skin grafts were collected in the preauricular region. A tension-free primary closure was achieved at the donor sites. All skin grafts survived. The aesthetical results were good. Comments: Full-thickness skin grafts collected in the preauricular region provide distinctive aesthetics results, being a good option for the reconstruction of surgical defects of the dorsum, tip and sidewalls of the nose.

KEYWORDS – Nose; Nasal neoplasms; Nasal surgical procedures; Skin transplantation. 

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Published
2013-04-20
How to Cite
Tavares, E., & Rosa, J. (2013). RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NOSE DEFECT USING FULL-THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT COLLECTED IN THE PREAURICULAR REGION. Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology, 70(4), 495-498. https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.70.4.103
Issue
Vol 70 No 4 (2012): Outubro-Dezembro
Section
Surgical Dermatology

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