Table 1. Summary of procedures for nasal soft tissue reconstruction from 2004-2010.
| Closure | Bilobed | Dorsal nasal flap | Full-thickness skin graft | Linear closure | Median forehead flap | Nasolabial flap | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 56) | (N = 72) | (N = 204) | (N = 72) | (N = 158) | (N = 229) | ||||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Year of operation | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | 2 | 3.6 | 8 | 11.1 | 18 | 8.8 | 6 | 8.3 | 16 | 10.2 | 6 | 2.6 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 1.8 | 4 | 5.6 | 15 | 7.4 | 2 | 2.8 | 7 | 4.4 | 20 | 8.7 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 1.8 | 19 | 26.4 | 51 | 25.0 | 5 | 6.9 | 21 | 13.3 | 38 | 16.6 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 5.4 | 11 | 15.3 | 17 | 8.3 | 10 | 13.9 | 25 | 15.8 | 27 | 11.8 | |
| 2008 | 19 | 33.9 | 15 | 20.8 | 43 | 21.1 | 29 | 40.3 | 44 | 27.8 | 69 | 30.1 | |
| 2009 | 19 | 33.9 | 9 | 12.5 | 32 | 15.7 | 12 | 16.7 | 34 | 21.5 | 44 | 19.2 | |
| 2010 | 11 | 19.6 | 6 | 8.3 | 28 | 13.7 | 8 | 11.1 | 11 | 7.0 | 25 | 10.9 | |
| Age (mean) | 60.1 | 65.8 | 60.9 | 59.8 | 67.3 | 67.2 | |||||||
| Sex | Male | 32 | 57.1 | 42 | 58.3 | 82 | 40.2 | 24 | 33.3 | 84 | 53.2 | 103 | 45.0 |
| Female | 24 | 42.9 | 30 | 41.7 | 122 | 59.8 | 48 | 66.7 | 74 | 46.8 | 126 | 55.0 | |
| Location of defect | |||||||||||||
| Ala | 16 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 52 | 25.5 | 5 | 6.9 | 22 | 13.9 | 102 | 44.7 | |
| Sidewall | 14 | 25.0 | 2 | 2.8 | 37 | 18.1 | 18 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 4.4 | |
| Tip | 6 | 10.7 | 10 | 13.9 | 21 | 10.3 | 11 | 15.3 | 18 | 11.4 | 30 | 13.2 | |
| Dorsum | 5 | 8.9 | 35 | 48.6 | 35 | 17.2 | 19 | 26.4 | 5 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Columella | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Soft Triangle | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Heminasal | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 19.6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Combined | S & A | 7 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 5.7 | 16 | 7.0 |
| T & A | 4 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 5.4 | 1 | 1.4 | 18 | 11.4 | 32 | 14.0 | |
| T & S | 2 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.9 | |
| D & S | 1 | 1.8 | 8 | 11.1 | 14 | 6.9 | 9 | 12.5 | 8 | 5.1 | 2 | 0.9 | |
| D & T | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 19.4 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 4.2 | 14 | 8.9 | 8 | 3.5 | |
| C & S | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.4 | 1 | 1.4 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| A & D | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| St & C | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | |
| St & A | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | |
| H & C | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| T & C | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.4 | 2 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.4 | |
| A & C | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.4 | 7 | 4.4 | 9 | 3.9 | |
| T & St | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.9 | |
| A & S & C | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| A & T & S | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.3 | 6 | 2.6 | |
| D & T & A | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | |
| T & D & S | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.4 | 5 | 3.2 | 3 | 1.3 | |
| D & S & A | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| S & C & T | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| C & T & A | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| T & A & St | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| C & St & A | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | |
| A & T & St & C | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | |
Abbreviations: S, sidewall; A, ala; T, tip; St, soft triangle; D, dorsum, C, columella; H, heminasal.