A young man reported to our hospital seeking the expertise of Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji for the cosmetic correction for his nose defect. He had met with an accident and he had a defect in the left nostril (loss of tissue). It was decided to do a nose reconstruction using forehead flap. The advantages of a forehead flap is that the skin color closely matches that of the nose and the harvest site is very close to the surgery site.
Alar base reconstruction was done using forehead flap. Step one was done where the forehead pedicle flap was rotated and attached to the existing ala maintaining good blood supply and following 21 days, second step of flap division was done where exact shape and size of left ala was created without any visible scar and skin discoloration.
Alar base reconstruction was done using forehead flap. Step one was done where the forehead pedicle flap was rotated and attached to the existing ala maintaining good blood supply and following 21 days, second step of flap division was done where exact shape and size of left ala was created without any visible scar and skin discoloration.
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