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One Technique Fits All: The Versatility of the Full Thickness Graft on the Lateral Wall of the Nose

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Clinical Cases in Skin Cancer Surgery and Treatment

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It is extremely difficult to reconstruct the human nose to achieve anatomic perfection. The essential tropes of nasal reconstruction are support, lining and cover. There are many techniques used to reconstruct the sidewalls of the nose after cutaneous surgery for skin cancer – advancement flaps, pivotal flaps, island flaps and skin grafts. One of the problems with skin grafts and indeed virtually all scars is that they contract with time. Therefore choice of technique or skin graft should take these factors into account while planning reconstruction.

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  1. Department of Skin Cancer, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Sharad P. Paul MD, MPhil

  2. Faculty of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Sharad P. Paul MD, MPhil

  3. Skin Surgery Clinic, Auckland, New Zealand

    Sharad P. Paul MD, MPhil

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    Robert A. Norman

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Paul, S.P. (2016). One Technique Fits All: The Versatility of the Full Thickness Graft on the Lateral Wall of the Nose. In: Paul, S., Norman, R. (eds) Clinical Cases in Skin Cancer Surgery and Treatment. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20937-1_2

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