Repair of full thickness defect of the nose using an expanded forehead flap and a glabellar flap

We describe a method to repair full thickness defects of the nose using a g labellar flap as the lining of the nasal cavity and an expanded forehead fl ap for external closure. We consider our method useful in the reconstructio n of a nose with a full thickness defect for which the flap donor site is l imited. The patient was a 45-year-old man who underwent resection of a basa l cell carcinoma located over the dorsum of the nose which was associated w ith a hemangioma simplex on the face. As a result, about two-thirds of the nose, from the dorsum to the tip, as well as a part of the right cheek beca me deficient and the right nasal cavity became exposed. The nose was recons tructed using the above-mentioned method. The result was satisfactory both cosmetically and functionally.