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CASE REPORT article

Front. Surg.
Sec. Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2024.1440418
This article is part of the Research Topic Wound Repair: Establishment and Development of a New Discipline: Volume II View all articles

Total words: 2377, Figures: 2 Clinical Effect of Combining Auricular Cartilage, Full-Thickness Auricular Skin Graft, and Local Flap from the Right Nasal Ala in Complex Nasal Defect Reconstruction

Provisionally accepted
Jinfu Zuo Jinfu Zuo 1Rong Wang Rong Wang 2Xiaoting Fan Xiaoting Fan 1Haixia Zhang Haixia Zhang 1Zhaohui Zhai Zhaohui Zhai 2Huachang Sun Huachang Sun 1*
  • 1 Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong, China
  • 2 Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong Province, China

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    The aim of this report was to evaluate the efficacy of nasal reconstruction using auricular cartilage combined with auricular full-thickness skin graft and a local flap from the right nasal ala for correcting complex nasal defects, and its impact on the patient's quality of life and psychological well-being. We present the case of a 50-year-old female with a severe nasal deformity due to a car accident, characterized by a missing right alar flap and an exposed right nostril. The patient underwent nasal reconstructive surgery using auricular cartilage combined with an auricular full-thickness skin graft and a local flap from the right nasal ala. Detailed records of the patient's postoperative recovery, surgical outcomes, and satisfaction were made at follow-up. The survival rate of the grafted skin and flaps on the nasal ala, septum, and dorsum was high. The reconstructed right nasal ala closely resembled the left, and the patient was very satisfied. In patients with complex nasal deformities, nasal reconstruction using ear cartilage combined with auricular full-thickness skin grafts and local flaps can achieve satisfactory aesthetic and functional outcomes. The high level of postoperative satisfaction suggests that this technique significantly improves patients' quality of life and psychological well-being.

    Keywords: nasal deformity, flap, Prefabricated Skin, Ear Cartilage, Nasal defect

    Received: 29 May 2024; Accepted: 03 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zuo, Wang, Fan, Zhang, Zhai and Sun. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Huachang Sun, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong, China

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