Objective: The aim of this study is to share our experience with nasal reconstruction and give a standardized algorithm for reconstruction. Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional. Setting: Burns Plastic Surgery Center, Peshawar. Period: January 2019 December 2022. Material & Methods: Data was obtained from patient records after approval IREB. Patients multiple co-morbidities small defect...

A dog bite is the most common trauma among animal bites, and it has varying severity, from simple skin lacerations to defects in whole tissue layers. Considering aesthetic functional importance of nose, an appropriate reconstruction should be conducted for large full-thickness defects. Although this quite common, literature detailing surgical lacking, especially domestic journals. 45-year-old m...

The nasal ala is a challenging area for surgical reconstruction, with thick sebaceous skin, the lack of an ample tissue reservoir, and an adjacent free margin. Numerous flaps have been reported for the repair of alae defects. A 71-year-old woman with simultaneous basal cell carcinomas involving both nasal alae was treated by Mohs micrographic surgery. The surgical defects measured 1.5×1.5 cm on...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have investigated facial artery perforators, but have reported inconsistent results regarding lateral nasal artery (LNA) perforators. Although several authors have described the use of LNA perforators for ala nasi and nasal sidewall reconstruction, the literature contains little information regarding the cadaveric dissection of LNA perforators, and most previously pu...

INTRODUCTION Reconstruction of nose defects after tumor resection, trauma or infection disease is imperative for full patient rehabilitation. For satisfying esthetic and functional results achievement, it is necessary to use surrounding skin with similar semblance, which precisely restores and imitates missing part with its outlines. MATERIAL AND METHODS This paper represents management of th...