Facial Artery Musculomucosal (FAMM) Flap for nasal lining in reconstruction of large full thickness lateral nasal defects

Publication date: Available online 25 August 2015 Source:Annals of Medicine and Surgery Author(s): Amin Rahpeyma, Saeedehkhajehahmadi Obviously, restoring the nasal lining is a great challenge in the reconstruction of nasal defects. Full thickness nasal defects usually require special flaps for reconstructing the nasal lining. Intranasal mucosal flaps, hinge over flaps, perinasal second flaps, folded or second forehead flaps and finally free flaps are examples that can be used for this purpose. Moreover, the case presented in this article expresses a new role for the superiorly based Facial Artery Musculomucosal (FAMM) flap in this topic. Furthermore, mucosal island variant of this flap is presented to reduce the tension on this flap while restoring the nasal lining in large full thickness nasal defect.

Source: Annals of Medicine and Surgery - August 25, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research