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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2008; 41(02): 171-174
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1699261
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Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

The Naso-labial and lateral forehead flaps as a single stage: A case report and review of literature

A. I. Adigun
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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A. O. Oladele
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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J. K. Olabanji
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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15 January 2020 (online)

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ABSTRACT

We present here the case of a patient with a major traumatic nasal loses who had a near-total nasal reconstruction as a single-stage procedure. A 35 year-old civil servant who was involved in a road traffic injury about two years before presentation. He sustained extensive and multiple facial injuries with complete loss of nasal cover and lining. Reconstruction was performed by using superiorly based, bilateral, nasolabial flaps to line the floor and the nasal septum, and a paramedian forehead flap for skin cover. The patient did well postoperatively and was discharged home on the 7 th postoperative day. If the principles concerning cover, support, and lining are adhered to, excellent functional and aesthetic results can be achieved as we have obtained in our patient.

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Lateral forehead flaps - nasal reconstruction - single stage
 
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