Different methods of nasal defect repair

Nasal tip and wing defects are very common clinically, and there are many methods of repair, which method to choose should be considered comprehensively. 1.Local flap: take tissue from the side of the nose to repair, especially suitable for those who are old and have loose facial skin. Advantages: good skin color and texture matching; simple surgery, adults can operate under local anesthesia; relatively high success rate. Disadvantages: large facial scars; only suitable for small defects; large defects may lead to asymmetry on both sides of the nose and mouth. Nasal wing defect: nasal facial groove flap transfer repair, bilateral cleft lip nasal column short: anterior lip flap transfer repair nasal column, lower lip Abbe flap repair upper lip, rib cartilage nose augmentation, nose upper and lower lip are greatly improved. 2.Frontal expansion flap: water bladder is placed under the skin of forehead, water is pumped twice a week, expansion to a certain size, the extra skin is transferred to the nasal defect, the method can do full nasal reconstruction, also can repair partial defects Advantages: skin texture and color match well, in terms of effect, is the gold standard for nasal repair. Disadvantages: It takes a long time, the whole process requires several surgeries and the whole duration is almost more than one year; there will be a little color difference in the early stage. Cheek and nasal dorsal scars: frontal expansion flap repair, small color difference, no sense of seam, nasal tip and nasal column defect: frontal expansion flap repair, good color texture, no sense of seam with the recipient area, 3, distant free flap, often in front of the ear or forehead with a piece of skin with arteriovenous vessels, and nasal vessels microscopic docking suture, often used for nasal tip and nasal column defect repair. Advantages: good results for those with delicate skin on the nose, matching color and texture; short duration, about ten days for the first stage of surgery, and basically satisfactory results can be achieved with two revisions within six months. Disadvantages: high technical requirements and difficulty, risk of non-viability of the flap. Nasal tip defect: 6 months before preauricular flap repair, before the second revision, Nasal tip nasal wing defect: preauricular flap repair, before the third revision surgery, Nasal tip nasal column defect: three years after preauricular flap free graft repair, Nasal column defect, preauricular flap free graft before surgery, 2 weeks after revision surgery and intraoperative design in six months.