Patient A - The forehead skin is rotated to cover the nasal defect and the forehead defect will then be closed with local flaps (which means pulling the forehead together).

Jul 31

Written by Jordan Boyd

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Patient A - A forehead flap is used to reconstruct the nasal defect.

Patient B - A skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma) of the upper lip and lateral nostril.