THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NASOLABIAL

Authors

  • Herédio Sousa Serviço de Otorrinolaringologia do Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa-Zona Central e Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil - Lisboa
  • Rita Ferreira Serviço de Otorrinolaringologia do Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa-Zona Central e Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil - Lisboa
  • José Rosa de Almeida

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34631/sporl.479

Keywords:

Nasolabial flap, nose, lower eyelid, lower lip and mouth

Abstract

The nasolabial flap is o useful reconstructive technique for the repair of middle defects of the face, mainly defects af the nose.

The authors present in this article five case reports of patients with tumors of lawer eyelid, nasolabial junction, lower lip and floor of mouth, operated in Portuguese lnstitute of Oncology of Francisco Gentil, in Lisbon.

None of the five patients presented required a second stage procedure to correct the donor or receptor zones defects.

The good results reached put emphasis in the importance of this kind of flap, mainly when well executed.

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How to Cite

Sousa, H., Ferreira, R., & Rosa de Almeida, J. (2006). THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NASOLABIAL. Portuguese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 44(2), 129–134. https://doi.org/10.34631/sporl.479

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 2 (2006): Junho

Section

Original Article