Twenty-six clinical case analysis of defect repairing after the resection of basal cell carcinoma on external nose / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To study a surgical and repairing method for defects after the resection of basal cell carcinoma of external nose.@*METHOD@#There are 26 cases of basal cell carcinoma that tumors have been resected completely after operation. For defect repairing in those 26 cases, 2 cases adopt direct suture method; 2 cases use skin graft repairing methods; 18 cases employ naselabial skin flap repairing method; 4 cases choose forehead pedicle skin flap repairing methods.@*RESULT@#the wound of all the 26 cases was primary healed. Additionally, skin flap and skin graft were all survived. Follow-up studied in patients 1 to 3 years after the surgery showed that the local scar was not obvious and no tumor recurred or transferred.@*CONCLUSION@#Different surgical and repairing methods are performed to obtain a satisfactory results based on the area of defect and its location in nose. Naselabial skin flap is especially an ideal method to repair defects.