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Two‐Stage Nasolabial Flaps for Facial Reconstruction: Revisiting the Three Week Rule for Pedicle Division
Author(s) -
White Jeremy B,
Macht Steven D
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.21316
Subject(s) - george (robot) , white (mutation) , section (typography) , font , art history , art , classics , medicine , computer science , visual arts , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , operating system
Results: Sixteen staged nasolabial flap nasal reconstructions were performed with an average patient age of 60 years old, ranging from 38 to 82 years old, with a 5:3 female to male ratio. The most common dermatologic pathology was basal cell carcinoma. The nasal ala was involved in 50% of cases, while the tip and dorsum were involved in 38% and 19% of surgical defects, respectively. Three patients were active smokers. The average defect area was 1.2 cm2, ranging from 0.12 to 4 cm2. Pedicle division occurred at any point between four and sixteen days, with a mean time to division of 7.3 days.