Repair of Alar Defects Using the Alar Rotation Flap: Our Experience with 394 Patients. 2021

Mario Mitkov, and James Griffith, and Mary Dyson, and Arash Kimyai-Asadi
From the Division of Dermatology, Houston Methodist Hospital; and DermSurgery Associates.

The purpose of this study was for the authors to describe their patient selection, surgical technique, and results with the alar rotation flap for surgical defects of the nasal ala. The authors performed a retrospective analysis of all alar rotation flaps performed between June of 2006 and February of 2019. Three hundred ninety-four patients were identified, and follow-up encounters were reviewed to assess for complications and need for revision procedures. The alar rotation flap was performed on 394 patients over a 13-year period. The mean defect size was 9.3 ± 2.8 mm by 7.2 ± 2.3 mm. Three hundred nineteen patients (81 percent) were evaluated postoperatively, with a mean average duration of follow-up of 2.3 years (range, 6 days to 11.9 years). Complications included hemorrhagic crust along the incision line [n = 9 (3 percent)], flap edema [n = 7 (2 percent)], internal nasal valve dysfunction [n = 3 (1 percent)], depressed surgical scar [n = 2 (1 percent)], hematoma [n = 1 (0.5 percent)], and paresthesia [n = 1 (0.5 percent)]. The alar rotation flap is a reliable one-stage flap for small- to medium-size partial-thickness defects of the nasal ala that can produce topographic restoration with minimal risk of aesthetic or functional complication. Therapeutic, IV.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009666 Nose A part of the upper respiratory tract. It contains the organ of SMELL. The term includes the external nose, the nasal cavity, and the PARANASAL SINUSES. External Nose,External Noses,Nose, External,Noses,Noses, External
D009669 Nose Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the NOSE. Cancer of Nose,Nasal Neoplasms,Nose Cancer,Cancer of the Nose,Nasal Cancer,Neoplasms, Nose,Cancer, Nasal,Cancer, Nose,Cancers, Nasal,Cancers, Nose,Nasal Cancers,Nasal Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Nasal,Neoplasm, Nose,Neoplasms, Nasal,Nose Cancers,Nose Neoplasm
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D004954 Esthetics The branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of the beautiful. It includes beauty, esthetic experience, esthetic judgment, esthetic aspects of medicine, etc. Aesthetics
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000072836 Surgical Wound An incision made during a surgical procedure. Surgical Incision,Incision, Surgical,Incisions, Surgical,Surgical Incisions,Surgical Wounds,Wound, Surgical,Wounds, Surgical

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