Title and Copyright:
Nasal Reconstruction, ©2000.

Media:
Pen and ink illustration finished in Adobe Photoshop.

Collaborators:
Daniel Danahey, MD, PhD, and Peter Hilger, MD; Department of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Description:
Full-thickness defect of nasal ala and reconstruction with meliolabial island flap. (A) Left alar defect. (B) Nasal mucosal bipedicled flap is delivered from above to create the internal lining. (C) A template is used to draw an appropriate size flap in the meliolabial fold. (D) Conchal cartilage is sutured into place. (E) Flap is sutured into place. (F) Flap inset at a second procedure.

Published as:
Danahey DG, Hilger PA. Reconstruction of large nasal defects. Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2001;34:695-711.

Association of Medical Illustrators Salon. Rochester, Minnesota. July 12-15, 2000.