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The nasal floor transposition flap for repairing distal nose/columella defects
1Department of Dermatology, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 73104, USA.
Abstract
Background:
Reconstruction of defects of the distal nose/columella region present a challenge both esthetically and functionally.
Objective:
To describe the use of nasal floor tissue as an inferiorly based transposition flap for closure of distal nose/columella defects.
Methods:
Mohs micrographic surgery for excision of basal cell carcinoma was performed on the distal nose/columella area of a patient. The resultant defect was closed using an inferiorly based transposition flap elevated from the nasal floor. Other closure options for this region are discussed.
Conclusion:
The nasal floor flap allowed the reconstruction of a properly contoured columella and distal nose.