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Combined Linear Closure and Burow's Graft for a Dorsal Nasal Defect

Authors :
Leonard Harry Goldberg
Daniel S. Behroozan
Source :
Reconstructive Conundrums in Dermatologic Surgery: The Nose
Publication Year :
2008
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2008.

Abstract

An 80-year-old man with a history of nonmelanoma skin cancers of the head and neck presented for treatment of a basal cell carcinoma of the nose. Physical examination revealed a poorly defined, exophytic, ulcerated nodule of the mid-dorsal nose. Given the size, location, and ill-defined margins of the tumor, Mohs micrographic surgical excision was indicated. The tumor was excised in three stages with microscopic control. The final defect was full thickness of the dermis, sparing the underlying muscle and measuring 3.2 x 2.4 cm on the mid-dorsal, supratip, and lateral aspects of the nose (Figure 1). How would you repair this defect?

Details

ISSN :
10760512
Volume :
32
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Dermatologic Surgery
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........1297e6b7f90ef15215e1fd6d4b61aac0
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/1524-4725.2006.32015