text: Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal | Subcutaneous Forehead Island Flap for Nasal Reconstruction
  Subcutaneous Forehead Island Flap for Nasal Reconstruction
  A Ebrahimi 1 , * , MH Kalantar Motamedi 2 , N Nejadsarvari 3 , E Shams Koushki 3
  1 Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, Trauma Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, PO Box: 1436614313, [email protected], Iran
  2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Trauma Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Science, Tehran
  3 General Practitioner, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Iran
  * Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, Trauma Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, PO Box: 1436614313, [email protected], Iran. Tel: +98-21-88053766. Fax: +98-21-88053766. Email: [email protected]
  How to Cite: Ebrahimi A, Kalantar Motamedi M, Nejadsarvari N, Shams Koushki E. Subcutaneous Forehead Island Flap for Nasal Reconstruction, Iran Red Crescent Med J. Online ahead of Print ; 14(5):271-275.
  Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal: 14 (5); 271-275
  Background: Reconstruction of nasal skin after tumor resection is imperative for full patient rehabilitation; and use of similar skin is necessary to achieve best esthetic and functional results.
  Methods: This clinical series study represent management of patients with large nasal defects (up to 4x7 cm) using subcutaneous pedicle island paramedian forehead flap, during a period of 2007-2009, 8 patients with large nasal defects were repaired with this flap, among them 5 patients were male and 3 patients were female with mean age of 53 years, all cases were reconstructed with island pedicle flap in a single stage.
  Results: Good and satisfying results were achieved in all cases except for one case that was operated again for debulking of flap.
  Conclusion: Island paramedian forehead flap provides esthetic and functional results in a single stage reconstruction of defects with various sizes and locations. This variation of forehead flap is a good choice especially for those patients that have problems with cost or problem with multistage reconstruction of nasal defects.