Reconstructing surgical defects of the nasal tip in a single-stage procedure

Repairing surgical defects of the nasal tip is challenging, mainly because of the lack of freely mobile skin available peripherally. The Peng flap is a one-stage cutaneous flap that circumvents this difficulty by recruiting skin from the nasal dorsum and sidewall regions. The design produces a tridimensional shape perfectly adapted to the conFiguretion of the nasal tip and allows for an inconspicuous closure of the defect. Herein, we describe a modified version of a Peng flap in a single-stage procedure, performed in three patients subjected to excison of basal cell carcinomas.

Keywords: NOSE; NOSE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; SURGICAL FLAPS