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- Title
Cosmetic Reconstruction of a Nasal Plane and Rostral Nasal Skin Defect Using a Modified Nasal Rotation Flap in a Dog.
- Authors
ter Haar, Gert; Buiks, Sjef C.; Kirpensteijn, Jolle
- Abstract
Objective To report reconstruction of a defect of the nasal plane and the rostral dorsum of the nose in a dog using a nasal rotation flap with Burow's triangles. Study Design Clinical report. Animals Mixed-breed dog (1.5 years, 8.6 kg). Methods A nasal defect caused by chronic granulomatous inflammation and involving the lateral nasal plane and adjacent rostral nasal dorsum in a dog was reconstructed and closed using a unilateral nasal rotation flap incorporating dorsal nasal plane tissue, with excision of Burow's triangles. Results The modified unilateral nasal rotation flap was effective in closing a defect of the rostral nasal dorsum. Incorporation of dorsal nasal plane tissue in the flap allowed for a cosmetic reconstruction of the lateral nasal plane defect (wing of nostril). Conclusions Skin defects on the rostral dorsum of the nose and defects of the nasal plane in dogs can be closed and/or reconstructed using nasal rotation flaps incorporating nasal plane tissue.
- Publication
Veterinary Surgery, 2013, Vol 42, Issue 2, p176
- ISSN
0161-3499
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1532-950X.2012.01054.x