58 year old woman with a large skin defect of the superior helix. Dr. Ramachandra reconstructed the defect using a combined post-auricular transposition flap and a full thickness skin graft.
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Cheek Reconstruction
Ramachandra
73-year-old man underwent Mohs resection of a right cheek basal cell skin cancer. Dr. Ramachandra performed local flap closure. 4-month postoperative result picture.
This 83-year-old woman presented with a large defect from Mohs resection of a left nasal sidewall basal cell carcinoma. Dr. Ramachandra repaired this via a single-stage crescenteric advancement flap. No scar revision or dermabrasion performed.
This 85-year-old man underwent Mohs resection of a basal cell skin cancer of the helix. He initially declined reconstruction but after the wound failed to heal, he elected for flap repair under local anesthesia.
This 65-year-old woman had a small midline nasal tip defect which Dr. Ramachandra repaired with a single-stage “East-West” flap.
This 26-year-old presented 8 days after acute nasal trauma. Dr. Ramachandra performed a closed reduction of nasal bone fractures under general anesthesia.
This 76-year-old man sought a single-stage repair of a right nostril cancer defect. Pt had already had multiple prior cancer surgeries on his nostril and wanted a simple solution. Dr. Ramachandra performed a nasolabial transposition flap.
This 73-year-old woman had a large supratip defect from a basal cell carcinoma Mohs resection. Dr. Ramachandra opted for a SENMI (superior extended nasal myocutaneous island) flap to reconstruct the defect in a single stage.
68 year-old woman with “through and through” defect of the right nasal facet/ala from Mohs resection of a squamous cell cancer. Note the additional defect above this from a basal cell cancer removal. She sought an alternative to paramedian forehead flap, so Dr. Ramachandra performed a two-staged pedicled melolabial flap with composite ear cartilage grafting […]